The Future of Ethics in Medicine

All around the world, physicians and surgeons are highly valued and respected. For a good physician, acquiring knowledge and following medical ethics is equally important. The latest advances in medical technology, however, are raising many questions relative to ethics. From the time of Hippocrates through today, many steps have been taken to keep the gap between ethics and medicine at a minimum. On the one hand, this evolution in medicine has made management and treatment of many problems easy, but on the other hand, it has also caused serious disputes in some regions of the world. Use of stem cell cloning, elective abortions, etc. are considered unethical on one side of world, in contrast to other parts. For instance, reproductive cloning has also caused an increase in certain crimes, and in-vitro fertilization has allowed many parents the blessing of children but this technique is under question in Islamic states. Organ grafting and donating is a lifesaving process and easily adopted in some countries, but in other lands it is considered a violation of cultural and religious norms and values.