Topic · Ethics in medical practice
Most cited papers in Ethics in medical practice
What are the most cited papers in Ethics in medical practice?
The most cited paper in Ethics in medical practice is "On death and dying." (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 1975), with 4,940 citations. Next come "Principles of biomedical ethics" (4,421) and "Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities" (2,785).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 512 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On death and dying. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross · PubMed | Jun 1975 | 4,940 |
| 2 | Principles of biomedical ethics John Horton · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2002 | 4,421 |
| 3 | Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities Eve Tuck · Harvard Educational Review | Sep 2009 | 2,785 |
| 4 | The Belmont Report: ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research Sue Eckstein · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 20 Feb 2003 | 2,712 |
| 5 | What Makes Clinical Research Ethical? Ezekiel J. Emanuel · JAMA | 24 May 2000 | 2,701 |
| 6 | Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects Sue Eckstein · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 20 Feb 2003 | 2,605 |
| 7 | Four Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship Ezekiel J. Emanuel · JAMA | 22 Apr 1992 | 2,459 |
| 8 | Modern Moral Philosophy G. E. M. Anscombe · Philosophy | 1958 | 2,456 |
| 9 | Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice Zora Raboteg-Šarić, Martin L. Hoffman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Sep 2001 | 2,417 |
| 10 | A history and theory of informed consent Marshall B. Kapp · Journal of Legal Medicine | Sep 1986 | 2,343 |
| 11 | Healthism and the Medicalization of Everyday Life Robert A Crawford · International Journal of Health Services | Jul 1980 | 1,915 |
| 12 | Principles alone cannot guarantee ethical AI Brent Mittelstadt · Nature Machine Intelligence | 4 Nov 2019 | 1,825 |
| 13 | The hidden curriculum, ethics teaching, and the structure of medical education Frederic William Hafferty, Rita A. Franks · Academic Medicine | Nov 1994 | 1,720 |
| 14 | Trust in Physicians and Medical Institutions: What Is It, Can It Be Measured, and Does It Matter? Mark A. Hall, Elizabeth Dugan, Beiyao Zheng et al. · Milbank Quarterly | Dec 2001 | 1,509 |
| 15 | Descriptive Versus Interpretive Phenomenology: Their Contributions to Nursing Knowledge Kay A. Lopez, Danny G. Willis · Qualitative Health Research | May 2004 | 1,500 |
| 16 | Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor Paul Farmer · Journal for the Anthropology of North America | Jun 2003 | 1,482 |
| 17 | 2007 National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research Warwick P. Anderson · Internal Medicine Journal | Jul 2011 | 1,448 |
| 18 | Assessing Patients' Capacities to Consent to Treatment Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso · New England Journal of Medicine | 22 Dec 1988 | 1,414 |
| 19 | Interprofessional teamwork: Professional cultures as barriers Pippa Hall · Journal of Interprofessional Care | May 2005 | 1,405 |
| 20 | Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications Lawrence J. Schneiderman, Nancy S. Jecker, Albert R. Jonsen · Annals of Internal Medicine | 15 Jun 1990 | 1,221 |
| 21 | Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements Linda G. Bell · Critical Care Nurse | Aug 2015 | 1,213 |
| 22 | Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice Basil Varkey · Medical Principles and Practice | 4 Jun 2020 | 1,175 |
| 23 | Quality and safety education for nurses Linda R. Cronenwett, Gwen D. Sherwood, Jane Barnsteiner et al. · Nursing Outlook | May 2007 | 1,162 |
| 24 | Viewpoint: Competency-Based Postgraduate Training: Can We Bridge the Gap between Theory and Clinical Practice? Olle ten Cate, Fedde Scheele · Academic Medicine | 18 May 2007 | 1,155 |
| 25 | Medical ethics: four principles plus attention to scope Raanan Gillon · BMJ | 16 Jul 1994 | 1,116 |
| 26 | The importance of what we care about Harry G. Frankfurt · Synthese | Nov 1982 | 1,100 |
| 27 | End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units Charles L. Sprung, Simon L Cohen, Peter Sjökvist et al. · JAMA | 13 Aug 2003 | 1,081 |
| 28 | What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets Michael J. Sandel | 2012 | 1,067 |
| 29 | Bad apples in bad barrels: A causal analysis of ethical decision-making behavior. Linda Klebe Treviño, Stuart A. Youngblood · Journal of Applied Psychology | Aug 1990 | 1,063 |
| 30 | An Ethics Framework for Public Health NANCY E. KASS · American Journal of Public Health | Nov 2001 | 1,056 |
| 31 | Interprofessional collaboration: three best practice models of interprofessional education DianeR. Bridges, Richard A. Davidson, Peggy Soule Odegard et al. · Medical Education Online | 2011 | 1,025 |
| 32 | Nuts and Bolts of Entrustable Professional Activities Olle ten Cate · Journal of Graduate Medical Education | Mar 2013 | 1,018 |
| 33 | Simulation-Based Medical Education Amitai Ziv, Paul Root Wolpe, Stephen Small et al. · Academic Medicine | Aug 2003 | 1,008 |
| 34 | The Declaration of Helsinki and public health John James Williams · Bulletin of the World Health Organization | Aug 2008 | 992 |
| 35 | Continuities and Extensions of Ethical Climate Theory: A Meta-Analytic Review Kelly D. Martin, John B. Cullen · Journal of Business Ethics | 11 Jul 2006 | 986 |
| 36 | What Makes Clinical Research in Developing Countries Ethical? The Benchmarks of Ethical Research Ezekiel J. Emanuel, David S. Wendler, Jack Killen et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases | 23 Feb 2004 | 970 |
| 37 | False Hopes and Best Data: Consent to Research and the Therapeutic Misconception Paul S. Appelbaum, Loren H. Roth, Charles W. Lidz et al. · The Hastings Center Report | Apr 1987 | 967 |
| 38 | Patients' and Physicians' Attitudes Regarding the Disclosure of Medical Errors Thomas H. Gallagher, Amy D. Waterman, Alison G. Ebers et al. · JAMA | 26 Feb 2003 | 954 |
| 39 | PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL ETHICS Kenneth Victor Iserson · Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America | May 1999 | 952 |
| 40 | Redefining the “Planning” in Advance Care Planning: Preparing for End-of-Life Decision Making Rebecca L. Sudore, Terri R. Fried · Annals of Internal Medicine | 17 Aug 2010 | 853 |
| 41 | Moral Distress, Moral Residue, and the Crescendo Effect Elizabeth Gingell Epstein, Ann Baile Hamric · The Journal of Clinical Ethics | Dec 2009 | 832 |
| 42 | Active and Passive Euthanasia James A. Rachels · New England Journal of Medicine | 9 Jan 1975 | 828 |
| 43 | Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine Hendriks · European Journal of Health Law | 1997 | 821 |
| 44 | Nurse-physician perspectives on the care of dying patients in intensive care units: Collaboration, moral distress, and ethical climate* Ann Baile Hamric, Leslie J. Blackhall · Critical Care Medicine | 4 Jan 2007 | 792 |
| 45 | The caring relation in teaching Nel Noddings · Oxford Review of Education | Dec 2012 | 778 |
| 46 | Medicine in Europe: Complementary medicine in Europe Peter Fisher, Adam Scott Ward · BMJ | 9 Jul 1994 | 763 |
| 47 | Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe Ezekiel Emanuel, Bregje Dorien Onwuteaka-Philipsen, John W. Urwin et al. · JAMA | 5 Jul 2016 | 761 |
| 48 | Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy Madison Powers, Ruth Faden | 25 Sep 2006 | 747 |
| 49 | Mucociliary Clearance in the Airways Adam Wanner, Matthias A. Salathe, Thomas G. O’Riordan · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Dec 1996 | 739 |
| 50 | Taking Care of the Hateful Patient James E. Groves · New England Journal of Medicine | 20 Apr 1978 | 735 |
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