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This book is the first comprehensive study of medical ethics in the Renaissance. It examines ethical issues, procedure evaluations and problem-solving techniques in the writings of European physicians and surgeons from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. While much of the practice ...

Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics is the first comprehensive scholarly account of the global history of medical ethics. Presenting original interpretations of the field by leading bioethicists and medical historians, it will serve as an essential starting point for...

Medical morality has three components. Doctors, patients, communities and policy makers have beliefs about what is good and bad behaviour in patient care, biomedical research, medical education and health policy. Based on these ...

In this book, Paul Carrick presents the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Analysing 1500 years of pre-Christian moral history of medicine, Carrick applies insights from ancient medical ethics to the development of modern...

Thomas Percival (1740-1804), physician and medical reformer, enthused by the scientific and cultural advances of the Enlightenment in Britain, wrote on many subjects, but was particularly concerned about public health issues arising from factory conditions. Urging...

Across all branches of medicine, effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients, families and carers is essential to ensure treatment is of the highest standard. Growing public awareness of health problems and easy...

The notion of respect for autonomy dominates bioethical discussions, although what exactly qualifies as an autonomous action is often elusive. In recent decades, the concept of autonomy in medical contexts has often been defined in...

The emergence of autonomy as a socio-political, legal and moral concept has had a profound impact on medical ethics. It shifted the centre of decision-making from the doctor to the patient and reoriented the entire doctor-patient relationship towards a more open,...

The concept of autonomy commonly used in medical ethics literature and practice is inadequate for three reasons: it does not properly identify non-autonomous actions and choices, it provides a false explanation of which characteristics of actions and choices make...

This article, the Romanell Report, provides an analysis of the current state of medical ethics education in the United States, with a particular focus on its crucial role in developing professionalism among medical students. Ethics education has become...

Conventional medical ethics and the law draw a clear line that distinguishes the permitted practice of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from the prohibited practice of active euthanasia by lethal injection. When clinicians legitimately abandon ...

This article points out that lack of access to the fruits of modern medicine and the science that informs it is an important and neglected topic in bioethics and medical ethics. Drawing on experiences with infectious diseases in some of the poorest...

This review article describes the current scope, methods and content of teaching medical ethics in medical schools in Western English-speaking countries (mainly the UK, US and Australia). It assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current ...

The prevailing conception of medical ethics taught in UK and US medical schools is pointless at best and dangerous at worst. While it is commendable that medical schools have now given medical ethics a safe place...

The Rebalance and Integrate Medical Education (PRIME) project was convened in May 2010, and undertook the first critical evaluation of the definitions, aims and objectives of teaching medical ethics and the humanities. The authors describe the formation of a nationwide expert panel ...