Medical Ethics Versus Governmental Objectives

[Learning objectives achievement in ethics education for medical school students].

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the necessity for research ethics and learning objectives in ethics education at the undergraduate level. METHODS A total of 393 fourth-year students, selected from nine medical schools, participated in a survey about learning achievement and the necessity for it. RESULTS It was found that the students had very few chances to receive systematic education ...

Objectives of Medical Education

If one considers what the majority of the graduates of our medical schools do in their professional lives, the answer is, of course, that which is termed "general practice." Therefore, the objective of a medical education, it is customarily assumed, is that which will develop the best general practitioner. Of course, the qualities required of him are well recognized, but their relative importan...

Nursing ethics and medical ethics.

Medical Ethics

IT is customary at the beginning of this address to refer to the changes which have taken place in the Staff of the Hospital during the year which has elapsed since the last Annual Oration. WVe have first to record with regret the death of a former member of our Dental Staff, Mr. WVilliam Muirhead Hunter, which took place on 26th MIay of tllis Nyear. Mr. Hunter was a native of Stranraer who qua...

Medical ethics

Mutual trust and relationship between doctors and patients is an important factor of treatment plan. Changing trends in medical field does affect this relationship. This article reviews the basic code of conduct for every medical practitioner.