This chapter concerns current initiatives to create and maintain specialized services to help
respond to ethical issues that arise in the practice of health care. These initiatives, the …

Background Although clinical ethicists are becoming more prevalent in healthcare settings,
their required training and education have not been clearly delineated. Most agree that …

In 1993, the authors introduced an interdisciplinary course in health care ethics at the
University of British Columbia. They were motivated by two convictions:(1) an …

It is increasingly agreed that ethics has a place in undergraduate medical education. There
is, however, debate about how it should be taught, and by whom. We present our …

When clinical ethics committee members discuss a complex ethical dilemma, what use do
they have for normative ethical theories? Members without training in ethical theory may still …

In 1995, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
expanded its patient rights standards to include requirements for assuring that hospital …

Purpose The authors' primary goal was to provide a comprehensive and current review of
the literature surrounding ethics education for medical students. Following this review, the …

Objectives: To characterise UK undergraduate medical ethics curricula and to identify
opportunities and threats to teaching and learning. Design: Postal questionnaire survey of …

When physicians in training enter their clinical years and first begin to become involved in
clinical decision making, they soon find that more than the technical data they had so …

The moment a patient comes into the treatment room, the medical professional is placed in
both an ethical and a legal context. The task for medical teachers is to equip students for this …