ethics

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Death on the roads - why ignored in medical ethics? (triple helix - winter 1997)

Why is it that consideration of collisions on the roads is outside the field of medical ethics? Is this strange omission because they are seen as 'accidental', when by contrast euthanasia, suicide, infanticide and abortion are seen as 'intentional' and therefore worthy of investigation? Admittedly, few drivers set out to...

cmf file 1 (1998) - introduction to ethics ()

Why are ethics important? Today's healthcare professionals are capable of remarkable feats, many of which would have amazed their predecessors. But such advances in technology carry with them a hidden danger. It is all very well being able to say 'yes' to the question 'Can we do this?' But we also...

Submission from CMF to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Working Party on 'Mental Disorders and Genetics: The Ethical Context' (01/05/1997)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship is interdenominational and has as members well over 4,000 British doctors who are Christians and who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed...

Ethical Dilemmas in Paediatrics (nucleus - spring 1997)

Treatment decisions about babies and children are among the most agonising a doctor can face, especially when resources are limited. A distressed medical student told me recently how she had seen a tiny, gasping new-born baby. The mother was so ill that she had been advised to have an abortion,...

Submission from CMF to the 'Core Values Initiative' of the Medical Profession (05/07/1995)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship is interdenominational and has as members well over 4,000 British doctors who are Christians and who desire their personal and professional lives to be governed by...

Be Prepared! (nucleus - autumn 1995)

Abortion and intimate examinations - these are what I knew would face me on my Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) firm. I was scared. Now, preparing for finals, I can look back at the worry I felt at the start of the clinical course. I was concerned about the ethical issues...

Chapter 7 - Submission from CMF to the Select Committee of the House of Lords on Medical Ethics (Euthanasia Booklet)

The Submission can be found at www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/submissions/?id=2.

Submission from CMF to the Select Committee of the House of Lords on Medical Ethics (01/03/1993)

In Spring 1993 CMF was invited to make a Submission to the House of Lords' Select Committee on Medical Ethics, whose terms of reference were: 'to consider the ethical,...