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JME40: Good medical ethics
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What is good medical ethics? A very personal response to a difficult question
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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, philosophically well grounded, cross disciplinary, and while it might not be a necessary feature, the experience of the author suggests that it is the work of ‘good people’.
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