by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
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 ...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
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...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
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 ...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
This article highlights that medical professionals need a good understanding of specific codes of ethics because of the potential consequences of their actions. Over the past thirty years there has been an increase in the breadth and depth of ethics teaching in the medical profession....
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
This article stresses that autonomy is a central value in Western medicine and medical ethics, but what role medicine should give to patient autonomy seems somewhat unclear. It is likely that autonomous individuals are often at their best ...
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