RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 What is it to do good medical ethics? From the perspective of a practising doctor who is in Parliament JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 83 OP 86 DO 10.1136/medethics-2014-102385 VO 41 IS 1 A1 Finlay, Ilora G YR 2015 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/83.abstract 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.