Medical ethics is a discipline concerned with the systematic analysis of values in healthcare. It involves examining a specific problem, usually a clinical case, and using values, facts, and logic to decide what the best course of action should be.

Some ethical problems are fairly straightforward, such as determining right from wrong. But other situations can also be more perplexing, such as deciding between two rights values that are in conflict with each other — or deciding between two different value systems, such as the patient's versus the doctor's.

Ethical reasoning is important-

1. To facilitate informed decision making on disagreements among healthcare professionals, patients, family members and other parties.
2. To gain trust and patient's respect.
3. To ensure healthy teamwork among healthcare professionals.
4. To ensure professional conduct for quality patient care.