Review of ethical values across the ICRP's system of radiological protection.

Autor: Martinez NE; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America., Zölzer F; Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budĕjovice, České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection [J Radiol Prot] 2024 Jul 24; Vol. 44 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 24.
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad61f3
Abstrakt: In 2018, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) released Publication 138, which highlights the ethical values foundational to the system of radiological protection. Additional work, both within and beyond the ICRP, has proposed or recommended ethical values associated with applications of the system in different areas, perhaps most notably in medical, veterinary, and environmental radiological protection. There are also existing ethical frameworks not specifically related to radiological protection that are nonetheless relevant to its practice; for example, the Beauchamp and Childress principles of biomedical ethics are of particular significance when it comes to medical uses of radiation and radioactivity. At first glance, it may seem as if there are unique or isolated sets of ethical values that need to be applied depending on the circumstance. Yet while each area of application will indeed have its own unique aspects and associated value judgements, there are consistent and complementary relationships between these ethical values. This paper reviews the work of the ICRP related to ethics, including brief historical context, and highlights the similarities and differences between sets of ethical values with emphasis on medical, veterinary, and environmental applications of radiological protection.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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