PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ilora G Finlay
TI  - What is it to do good medical ethics? From the perspective of a practising doctor who is in Parliament
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102385
DP  - 2015 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 83--86
VI  - 41
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/83.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/83.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2015 Jan 01; 41
AB  - This article is a personal reflection on work as a physician with work as a member of the UK Parliament's House of Lords. Ethical thinking should underpin everything we do; the ‘four principles’ of medical ethics provide an applicable and relevant ethical framework. This article explores its application in both domains of work—as a clinician and as a legislator—with some examples of its use ‘to do good medical ethics’ in both roles. Debates around tobacco and drug control, pandemic control, abortion and assisted suicide are explored.