PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - John Harris TI - What is it to do good medical ethics? AID - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102287 DP - 2015 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 37--39 VI - 41 IP - 1 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/37.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/37.full SO - J Med Ethics2015 Jan 01; 41 AB - This brief paper addresses the question of what it is to do good medical ethics in two parts: First, I consider the problem of how to get started in medical ethics, conceived of as an academic discipline rather than simply to get started being ethical in a medical or biomedical context. The second part gives my own take on the question ‘what is bioethics for?’