PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patricia D Scripko
TI  - Enhancement's place in medicine
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2009.032383
DP  - 2010 May 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 293--296
VI  - 36
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/5/293.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/5/293.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2010 May 01; 36
AB  - Many enhancement technologies are distributed by healthcare professionals—by physicians—who are held to the Hippocratic Oath and the goals of medicine. While the ethics of enhancement has been widely discussed with regard to the social justice, humanism, morals and normative values of these interventions, their place in medicine has not attracted a great deal of attention. This paper investigates the potential for enhancement technologies to fulfil the goals of medicine, arguing that they play a role in promoting the health of individuals, and thus, an unavoidable place in medicine. It also warns of potential dangers, suggesting a set of guidelines to initiate conversations regarding the role and responsibilities of physicians practising in an era of enhancement.