Patient sanctions for non-attendance.
It appears from the recent voting on this topic that more than 70% of doctors think that patients should be charged for non-attendance. There is a benefit in non-attendance - the doctor can play...
View ArticleIs there any ethical justification for suicide?
In 1961 in the UK, commiting suicide was decriminalised, however in places like North Korea, Singapore and India until last year this was a crime. What is the reason for this discrepancy? Are there...
View ArticleHead transplant
Despite the rapid advances in transplant mmedicine and in re-attaching the nerves of severed limbs, and even spinal cord tracts, most people think that to transplant a head is still in Science...
View ArticleWould you imitate your patient's accent?
I've noticed one colleague who tends to automatically copy the patient's accent in order to facilitate communication. When I had a discussion with the doctor he stated that he names it mirroring. He...
View ArticlePhysician Views on Online Health Communities
Hi, my name is Akash Patel and I am a student at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. I am administering a survey for my senior thesis class and would appreciate the input. This survey is to...
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Do you think this advertisement is unethical?
We take the Daily Telegraph in our house (Know your enemy, I say) and like others it has a Saturday Colour supplement. This full page ad appeared this last weekend. As you can see, it's for a...
View ArticleTrust and doctors charged with Corporate manslaughter
The CEO and a consultant anaesthetist from the Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust were in court recently, charged with corporate manslaughter and "gross negligence" manslaughter respectively, after the death...
View ArticleShould we get rid of names of discoverers from our organelles?
Circle of Willis, Islets of Langerhans, Golgi apparatus are a few names of great physicians who discovered these parts of our bodies. The nomenclature follows naming diseases and syndromes after their...
View ArticleWhat's in a Newborn's Temporary Name? Possible Trouble
F. Bruder Stapleton, MD reviewing Adelman J et al. Pediatrics 2015 Jul 13. Using a distinct temporary first name that incorporated the mother's first name reduced wrong-patient electronic orders by...
View ArticleCreating own rules in practice
In one of her controversial blogposts Dr Pamela Wible discusses how she created her own rules in practice including her dress code, finances, middle men, and how this made her a happy doctor as she...
View ArticleThe duty of candour
We have discussed before when a doctor should apologise to their patient and in what circumstances. Among other threads:...
View ArticleWhen is genome editing ethical?
This morning (2/9/15) a joint statement from the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Association of Medical Research Charities and the Biotechnology and...
View ArticleConfidentiality vs Information Disclosure
Mr and Mrs A, have been married for 5 years and in their late 30's. Mrs A is sub-fertile due to fibroids. Superoverulation was attempted but no ova were collected. Mrs A is also HIV +, but is stable....
View ArticleEugenics, or good commercial practice?
"UK sperm bank bans dyslexic donors" http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/29/largest-uk-sperm-bank-turns-away-dyslexic-donors Not only the dyslexic, but "other neurological diseases", such as...
View ArticleIs fertility a human right?
Recent advances in fertility medicine have raised enormous questions that exercise the ethicists as well as ordinary doctors. Unregulated, it can lead to gross exploitation and even regulated to...
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