Medical Ethics

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BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF ERMC EASTERN EUROPEAN

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Issue 4, 2025

Topic Ethical aspects and prospects of space exploration and exploitation

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Issue 3, 2024

Topic Application of artificial intelligence in healthcare: ethical conclusion

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Issue 4, 2024

Topic Implementation of neurotechnologies. Development of ethical guidelines

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Issue 1, 2025

Topic Amendments and additions to the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association "Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects"

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Issue 2, 2025

Topic Bioethical problems of quantum computing

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Issue 3, 2025

Topic Space biology, space medicine and space psychologyin the context of "human sciences"

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Eregina NT, Yeregin SY

The article analyzes the historical and medical literature devoted to the life and work of Matvey Yakovlevich Mudrov (1776–1831). The first stage in the historiography of this issue was the pre-revolutionary interpretation of Mudrov’s personality and his contribution to the development of clinical medicine. The main attention was paid to biographical facts, assessments of Mudrov’s professional activity by the medical community, and a general description of his role in Russian medicine. In the middle of the 20th century, a canon emerged that consistently described the main milestones of his biography. This narrative formed the basis of educational, reference, and popular science publications. Since the mid-1990s, the interest of practitioners in Mudrov’s legacy has come to the fore launching reassessment of his personality. In recent decades, the research has shifted to examining his impact as a reformer of medical education, organizer of clinical teaching, and creator of ethical medical standards. The implementation of research tasks contributed to the introduction of new archival data into scientific circulation, clarifying previously existing estimates and conclusions. The conducted historiographical review comprehensively covers the multifaceted activities of Mudrov MY and outlines possible prospects for further study.

Received: 2026-02-23

Published online: 2026-03-30

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.007

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Filatova YS

The professional activity of a doctor focuses on the intersection of clinical knowledge and ethical principles. Meanwhile, medical ethics establishes the value and ideological foundations of the profession, whereas deontology serves as a tool that implements the principles within particular standards and rules of behavior. The contradiction between the importance of ethical and deontological regulators and the lack of empirical data on their relationship to the psychological characteristics of the doctor’s personality makes the study relevant. The aim of the paper is to study the relationship between deontological competence of a doctor and communicative competence, metacognitive characteristics and socio-psychological attitudes. 72 internists participated in the study (the average age was 48.5 years; the average proven record was 21.6 years). The methods of diagnosis of communicative competence, metacognitive knowledge and activity, social and psychological attitudes, as well as the author’s methodology for assessing deontological competence were used. Statistical processing included correlation analysis using the r-Spearman coefficient. Significant positive links of deontological competence with communicative ideals, metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive activity, concentration, choice of main ideas, time management, focus on altruism, as well as negative links with focus on selfishness and material values have been established. Deontological competence is an integrative education that combines value-semantic, reflexive-regulatory and motivational components, which allows it to be considered as a key mechanism for the implementation of ethical principles in clinical practice.

Received: 2026-02-18

Published online: 2026-03-29

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.006

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Startseva ON

The article shows how gerontological ageism can be prevented by embedding professional ethics in training of social workers. The ageism is often manifested through emotional alienation of young people and discriminatory practices towards the elderly. Survey data on social work students from the Yaroslavl State Medical University (YSMU) confirm the need for the training. During the survey, the KPAINS Freedom from Age questionnaire, which is a widespread gerontology tool, was used for early assessment of attitudes to aging. Young people’s psychological trends have confirmed that deeper ethical study is essential for those professionals who work with older adults. Students learn to apply the basic ethical principles of autonomy, dignity and justice while exercising complex interaction with older adults through analysis of practical cases. It confirms that training competent social professionals is ethically relevant.

Received: 2026-01-28

Published online: 2026-03-26

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.005

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Kulikova OA, Lavrenteva LI

The paper explores the role of professional ethics in establishing moral, value-based foundations, and modern pharmacy guidelines. The topic is relevant because compliance with ethical and deontological principles is an essential component of the pharmacy profession that ensures provision of high-quality pharmaceutical care as the primary task. Taking into account the requirements of regulatory documents and professional standards, the objective necessity of including a specialized discipline in 33.02.01 Pharmacy education has been reviewed. This discipline introduces students to the specifics of pharmaceutical ethics and deontology. The experience of developing and implementing the discipline of Ethics and Deontology of a Pharmacist at Yaroslavl State Medical University is described, its purpose and objectives are formulated, the topics of training sessions and approaches to their implementation are shown. The necessity of applying a practice-based approach to teaching the discipline is emphasized in order to train highly moral and socially responsible specialists who are deeply aware of their professional role in society.

Received: 2026-02-26

Published online: 2026-03-17

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.004

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