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These articles discuss the principles of general ethics issues related to medical practice, research, and new technologies.
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Christian medical ethics (nucleus - winter 2011)
Tobi Adeagbo describes a student selected module - I recently finished a twelve week long student selected module (SSM) on Christian Medical Ethics at the University of Leicester. As part of the medical curriculum, the SSM runs in the latter half of our second year. You may ask, 'what is an SSM?'...
Sermon on the Mount - part 2
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Dr John Patrick speaking on The Sermon on the Mount.
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Sermon on the Mount - part 1
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Dr John Patrick speaking on The Sermon on the Mount
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Dr John Patrick talk on Hippocrates - part 2
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Dr John Patrick talks on Hippocrates - part 1
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working out a biblical ethic (nucleus - summer 2011)
Love it or hate it, an understanding of ethics is essential to practising medicine effectively. Wherever you turn, there are decisions to make. How should we approach them? Christians want to do what God says is right. But how do we know what that is? Many great thinkers, including Christians, have...
web reviews (nucleus - summer 2011)
- The YouVersion Bible app - How much? FREE What devices can it be used on? Basically everything - iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Windows phone, Palm HP Web OS, Java, Symbian, and Mobile Web. Key features: Quick and easy to search theentire Bible for a word, phrase, or verse. More than 100...
autonomy is the ruining principle of medical ethics (nucleus - summer 2011)
- Over the past 20 years there has been a shift in clinical decision making, impacted strongly by a change in thinking about respect for individual autonomy. This change, while seemingly benevolent, results in an unstable grounding for our ethical decisions. autonomy killed Hippocrates - For...
narrative virtue ethics - a Christian model? (nucleus - spring 2011)
Vongai Madanire compares virtue ethics with Christian ethics - Imagine you are a GP, about to call in your next patient, Belinda. She is pregnant. A routine anomaly scan had suggested a minor degree of unilateral club foot, confirmed on a more detailed scan at 23 weeks reported by a radiologist and...
painting an approach to politics and ethics (nucleus - winter 2010)
Tim Key encourages deeper thinking. - I find painting fascinating. Search 'speed painting' on YouTube and you'll see what I mean! Typically, painters begin with an outline, and then fill in the details. I believe this is a good approach to many things, including ethics and politics. In common with...