1. Introduction to Medical Ethics Lecture 1 Medical Ethics: Theories and Principles

4. “ Patients are entitled to good standards of practice and care from their doctors.Essential elements of this are professional competence, good relationships with patients and colleagues and observance of professional ethical obligations.” From Good Medical Practice, GMC.

14. Truth Telling “In much wisdom is much grief:and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrows” (Ecclesiastics 1,18)

15. Truth telling (cont) If you override it you endanger doctor/patient relationship(based on trust) You offend against the principle of autonomy(Dr.C Mooreland) At times there are good reasons for overriding the truth telling principle

30. Duties of a Doctor Please apply ethical principles to the above list as described in “Good Medical Practice”