Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Military Medical Ethics: Is it Different From Civil Medical Ethics?

Dr Col Shashivadhanan

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The military medical personnel face a peculiar   ethical dilemma which is different from what glares at his civilian counterpart. In the Battlefield transgressions can arise from individual acts of commission or omission, the behavior of others, or by beå witness to intense human suffering or the grotesque aftermath of battle.  An act of serious transgression leads to serious inner conflict because the experience is at odds with core ethical and moral beliefs.This leads to moral injury. Balancing military necessity, military ethics and medical ethics is the crux of the challenge. This research paper attempts to highlight the paradigm change in core values of military medical ethics and tries to suggest a workable remedy.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr (Col) Shashivadhanan, Military Medical Ethics: Is it Different From Civil Medical Ethics?, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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