PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Farsides, Bobbie TI - What is good medical ethics? A very personal response to a difficult question AID - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102298 DP - 2015 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 52--55 VI - 41 IP - 1 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/52.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/52.full SO - J Med Ethics2015 Jan 01; 41 AB - 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’.