Medical Ethics Today

The British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council.

• List of statues and regulations. List of cases.Where to find legal cases online.Medical Ethics Committee.Acknowledgements.Preface to the third edition.Introduction: Bridging the gap between theory and practice: the BMA’s approach to medical ethics.1: The doctor-patient relationship.2: Consent, choice and refusal: adults with capacity.3: Treating adults who lack capacity.4: Children and young people.5: Confidentiality.6: Health records. 7: Contraception, abortion, and birth.8: Assisted reproduction.9: Genetics.10: Caring for patients at the end of life.11: Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.12: Responsibilities after a patient’s death.13: Prescribing and administering medication.Chapter 14: Research and innovative treatment.15: Emergency situations.16: Doctors with dual obligations.17: Providing treatment and care in detention settings.18: Education and training.19: Teamwork, referral, delegation and shared care.20: Public health dimensions of medical practice.21: Reducing risk, clinical error, and poor performance.AppendixA: Hippocratic Oath.Appendix B: Declaration of Geneva.Appendix C: Declaration of a new doctor, as devised by Imperial College School of Medicine graduating year of 2001.Index.