MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ethics education'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:31:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704733&cid=t_226154_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhy-its-unethical-for-doctors-not-to.html Many doctors are still worried that it's unethical to have a personal website.They feel that this amounts to advertising, and that a website is a way of soliciting patients.I strongly disagree. In fact, I feel it's unethical for a doctor not to have their own website ! The word doctor is derived from the word, " docere", which means to teach. This clearly means that one of the key responsibilities of a doctor is to teach their patients. While many doctors do this face to face, the amount of teaching which can be done this way is very limited - and a conversation is not the best way of transmitting information.Doctors who publish their own websites communicate with their patients online - and a website is a much more powerful tool of reaching out to thousands of people who are looking for i... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704733 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:38:00 +0100 4704733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435033&cid=t_226154_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2FLv3I-txRNcU%2Fbioethics-on-tv-what-is-being-portrayed.html (Image credit: ABC/Eric McCandless)It is likely no surprise to regular viewers of the television medical dramas “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House, M.D.” that bioethical issues and the conflict they create are frequent components of the storylines. These programs aim to entertain, and the drama inherent in contentious bioethical issues seems a natural fit. Furthermore, these programs aim for realism, frequently employing physicians as consultants to check their medical facts. This combination of realism and frequency raises concern that these medical dramas have the potential to affect viewers’ beliefs and perceptions of bioethics. In fact, previous studies have demonstrated this phenomenon in other areas, including organ transplantation and obesity.With that background, I, along with... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435033 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:47:26 +0100 3435033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322445&cid=t_226154_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fhow-to-be-ethical-inspite-of-being.html I attended a very interesting conference on Medical Ethics over the weekend where I was invited to give a presentation on the ethical aspects of IVF. My talk was on IVF - the good, the bad and the ugly , and I will be uploading this soon.What I found very interesting was a talk by one of the organisers, Dr Sunil Pandya. He posed a very provocative question - Are conferences on medical ethics of any use ? He was lamenting the fact that inspite of organising many such conferences , the standard of medical ethics seemed to be going progressively downhill in India. Medicine is perceived to be a money making business rather than a profession ; and doctors are seen to be greedy individuals, out to maximise their income, rather than act as healers.Is this a sign of the changing times we are livin... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322445 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:32:00 +0100 3322445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2256027&cid=t_226154_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2FMR2ClLgv2is%2Fethics-on-chopping-block.html [Cross posted from the Research Ethics blog] Two related stories came to my attention this week. Reading the first one, I was worried. But when I came across the second story, I thought, this needs to be talked about! In two places, both affected by the now globally worrisome economy, strict budget cuts are being made. And the first thing on the chopping block? Ethics.The University of Tenneessee is considering closing down The Department of Human Values and Ethics in the College of Medicine along with a number of other science and medicine programs. Here's the story from the AAPR Bulletin Today: Possible University of Tennessee job cuts will draw protest.Across the globe in New Zealand, the government will sign off on disbanding the country's Bioethics Council on Monday. The Bioethics Cou... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2256027 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:50:31 +0100 2256027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2188072&cid=t_226154_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F538988238%2Fhealth-literacy-cry-for-universal.html Health care is now a business that rivals the industrial complex. Its major consumers are victims of lopsided capitalist principles that exploit weaknesses within our educational systems – mainly literacy. If literacy is at an all-time low in this country, health literacy must be virtually non-existent. But what does this mean? And more importantly, why should anyone care? These questions are made complicated by arguments that weave a moral blanket of hypocrisy which does not provide comfort – let alone security - to those most impacted by a poor health infrastructure. That is, too often we blame the sick for having sickness and the uneducated for not knowing when the real cause of either or both is mis-education combined with quests for power and, ultimately, control. Literacy is not... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2188072 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:21:49 +0100 2188072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=830015&cid=t_226154_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F149775454%2F Apparently BMS is getting involved with science education via a course that “engages students in the real-world application of science for new and better medicine”. On paper the course sounds fascinating and is the kind of education that I believe is required in general, just because people do not appreciate the complexities of medicine development. The exercise on clinical trial design alone would be worth the course. They have to be careful though. Any attempt at going beyond a course on the core science and business of drug development and the objectiveness of the course will come into question. I wonder if there might be discussion on alternative business models and the changing landscape of the pharma industry. As always with anything related to the Pharma industry, I like... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=830015 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:50:26 +0100 830015