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Ethics for Radiation Medicine Professionals
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Duty ethics
(deontology):
Do whatever your duty requires of you irrespective of
the possible consequences.
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Duties may be maxims laid down by an authority we
acknowledge, for example a religion or a professional Code of
Ethics.
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Duties may be derived by a process of reasoning.