Bioethics


Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology and medicine.

Contents:

The following has been reproduced from the RCPSC Bioethics Education Project Surgical Curriculum.

We would like to thank Martin McKneally for allowing the curriculum to be freely reproduced for educational purposes.

Introduction
Summary
Truth Telling
Consent and Capacity
Disclosure
Substitute Decision Making
Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Surgical Competence
End of Life
Resource Allocation
Research Ethics

Additional Resources:

The CMAJ has published a series on Bioethics for Clinicians. The series is intended to elucidate key concepts in bioethics and to help clinicians to integrate bioethical knowledge into daily practice.

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. Orthopaedia - Bioethics. In: Orthopaedia - Collaborative Orthopaedic Knowledgebase. Created Apr 06, 2007 20:02 by Joseph Bernstein , Last modified Feb 02, 2009 19:24 ver.10. Retrieved 2010-03-13, from http://www.orthopaedia.com/x/goAe.

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