Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is a subject of increasing importance as medicine becomes more complex and costly, and it encompasses situations we are faced with and decisions we have to make every single day.
These decisions are not always about life and death, but they are all important and can affect the quality of life and relationships and care, of ourselves, each other and of our patients.
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Blind spots
We all have blind spots in our fields of vision, that can be mapped. This is a known fact in Medicine. What is not so well known or accepted is that we as doctors also have blind spots, not just in our visual fields but in our perceptions of life, that are influenced by our beliefs and ideals.
The Contagion of Fear – the Coronavirus Pandemic and Medicine
We are currently in the grip of a worldwide panic over COVID-19, or 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus pandemic.
As I write, supermarkets are being stripped...
When the “S” Word Is Unspoken
Note: this is a highly disguised story for reasons that will be immediately obvious.
I got an invitation a few months ago to give a...
Fitting in – is it really worth it?
Have you ever considered how often you do things just to fit in, to go along with friends or family, even though you feel...
Wounded healers
It’s a late Friday evening in New York and Dr Michael Myers is finishing up the paperwork for his last patient as he takes...
Mandatory Reporting: it’s part of the problem, not the answer
Mandatory reporting, or forcing doctors to report to the relevant authorities if one of their colleagues comes to them for help and is deemed...
Why are doctors killing themselves?
Doctors are generally acknowledged to be intelligent. We are trained to care for the human body, and are considered the experts on it and...