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The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons founded in 1912.

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the College provides membership for doctors worldwide specializing in surgery who pass a set of rigorous qualifications.

Surgery (from the cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via, meaning "hand work") is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas (for example, a perforated ear drum).

A patient is any recipient of health care services.

The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a advanced practice registered nurse, physiotherapist, physician, physician assistant, psychologist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research.

Medical ethics allow for people, regardless of race, gender, or religion to be guaranteed quality and principled care.

Medical Ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict.

These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice.

With the help of these values it allows doctors, care providers, and families to create a treatment plan and work towards the same common goal without any conflict.

It is important to note that these four values are of equal worth.

Medicine (British English; American English) is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

The word "medicine" is derived from Latin medicus, meaning "a physician".

Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.