Table of contents

Research Article

• Ethical codes and professional conduct. (1 September, 1977)
• Focus: current issues in medical ethics. (1 September, 1977)

  A Davis, G Horobin
• The General Medical Council: frame of reference or arbiter of morals? (1 September, 1977)

  D Hill
• Royal College of Nursing (Rcn) code of professional conduct: a discussion document. (1 September, 1977)

  J D Dawson, A T Altschul, C Sampson, A M Smith
• Attitudes to death: some historical notes. (1 September, 1977)

  K Boyd
• Tacit components of medical ethics: making decisions in the clinic. (1 September, 1977)

  L R Churchill
• False belief and the refusal of medical treatment. (1 September, 1977)

  R Faden, A Faden
• Some practical results of the London Medical Group conference on iatrogenic disease. (1 September, 1977)

  S Thorne, A Herxheimer
• The right to life. (1 September, 1977)

  J Hostler
• The right to strike by the caring professions. (1 September, 1977)

  Peter Baelz