Should medical ethics justify violence?

Should we start debating medical ethics in our daily practice?

To the Editor: In response to Dr EA Elkhammas editorial In December 2006 of ljm [1], I remembered an incident that happened to one of our colleagues several years ago. My friend was practicing in Libya when he saw a non Libyan patient who is in need for dialysis. This patient was living in Libya with her married daughter for many years. My friend declined to accept this patient in his chronic d...

Nursing ethics and medical ethics.

Computers, ethics, and collective violence

It is the intention of the Journal of Systems and Software to publish, from time to time, articles cut from a different mold. This is one in that series. The object of the Controversy Corner articles is not so much to present info~ation as to stimulate thought. Topics chosen for this coverage are not traditional formal discussions of research work, but rather are informal presentations of key i...

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.