In this paper, I provide a brief sketch of the purposes that medical ethics serves and what
makes for good medical ethics. Medical ethics can guide clinical practice and biomedical …

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Medical ethics is the disciplined study of medical morality, with two goals: critically
appraising current medical morality and identifying how it should be improved. Medical …

A personal reflection upon a career in medical ethics leads to four conclusions on what
makes for 'good medical ethics'. Good medical ethics is practical in approach …

This brief paper addresses the question of what it is to do good medical ethics in two parts:
First, I consider the problem of how to get started in medical ethics, conceived of as an …

Ethical challenges are prevalent in modern-day medicine. Whether arising in the daily
practice of medicine, in the conduct of research, or in our educational practices, physicians …

In a concise phrase, the message of this book is: how to be a good physician Many have
written about ethics: philosophers, theologians, journalists, politicians, economists, and …

This paper challenges the long-standing and widely accepted view that medical ethics is
nothing more than common morality applied to clinical matters. It argues against Tom …

A decade ago, we reviewed the field of clinical ethics; assessed its progress in research,
education, and ethics committees and consultation; and made predictions about the future of …

In this Brief, Daniel Sokol interprets 'doing medical ethics' broadly to capture the application
of ethical knowledge to a concrete situation, rather than just resolving a moral dilemma …