肿瘤学的医学子专业面临着各种各样的道德困境，经常给癌症医疗保健工作者带来难以处理的临床情况的挑战，从个人和专业角度来看，这些情况都很棘手。在各种情况下做出有关患者护理的决定是肿瘤科医生的一项明确义务，这些基于职责的判断不仅仅需要选择最佳治疗或解决方案。道德是临床医学的一个重要且不可分割的方面，肿瘤学家以及相关卫生保健工作者在道德上致力于帮助患者，避免或尽量减少伤害，并尊重患者的价值观和选择。这篇综述概述了伦理学和临床伦理学，并对自主、仁慈、非恶意和正义这四个主要伦理原则进行了阐述和解释。有时，患者护理场景中的道德原则之间经常存在矛盾，特别是慈善与自主之间。此外，说真话、专业精神、同理心和文化能力；最近被认为在癌症治疗中很重要的这些问题也从印度的角度进行了阐述。版权所有：© 2024 Journal of Education and Health Promotion。

The medical sub-specialty of Oncology presents diverse ethical dilemmas, often challenging cancer healthcare workers with difficult-to-handle clinical scenarios that are tough from a personal and professional perspective. Making decisions on patient care in various circumstances is a defining obligation of an oncologist and those duty-based judgments entail more than just selecting the best treatment or solution. Ethics is an essential and inseparable aspect of clinical medicine and the oncologists as well as the allied health care workers are ethically committed to helping the patient, avoiding or minimizing harm, and respecting the patient's values and choices. This review provides an overview of ethics and clinical ethics and the four main ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice are stated and explained. At times there are frequently contradictions between ethical principles in patient care scenarios, especially between beneficence and autonomy. In addition, truth-telling, professionalism, empathy, and cultural competence; which are recently considered important in cancer care, are also addressed from an Indian perspective.Copyright: © 2024 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.