De medisch ethicus



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Definition


"De medisch ethicus" refers to a medical ethicist, a professional who analyzes and discusses complex ethical issues and dilemmas in healthcare, helping to guide decisions that affect patients, medical practitioners, and society in matters of medical practice and research.

Etymology


The term "de medisch ethicus" comes from Dutch, where "medisch" means medical, derived from Latin 'medicus' meaning physician, and "ethicus" relates to ethics, originating from the Greek word 'ethikos', meaning moral. Together, they describe a specialist in medical ethics.

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"De medisch ethicus" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Medical Professions - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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