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 Ilora G Finlay
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.