What would you say or do to resolve the patient's issue? This is the question that flows through all of our minds at any given day, and it is the basic concept of ethics. What exactly are ethics though? At its core, ethics can be defined as a system of moral principles that teach us the basic ideas of right and wrong. Ethics can be perceived in many different forms because it is the basic perception on how one can morally interpret acceptable and unacceptable behaviour within our society through means such as religion, a personal life experience, or even in our humanistic instincts. The question remains though as to what you would do in a particular situation? When defining any form of ethics within the Healthcare system, we must first take
