Medical Ethics Spotlight

Published Date: 20th September 2024

During the week commencing Monday 23rd of September MWL Libraries will be spotlighting Medical Ethics and Law! Each day, Monday through until Friday we will be shining a light on a different Medical Ethics book available through the Library & Knowledge Service here at MWL.

At our Whiston Hospital Library in Nightingale House we've chosen some books on the topic that you might find of interest and put them on display. For those wishing to learn a bit more about ethics in general, the display features a copy of ‘The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy’ which our Library Assistants have handily bookmarked to guide readers directly to important entries on ethics!

It’s not all about books however. Below, you can find links to ethical & legal guidance from a range of Medical institutions & bodies, why not brush up on your ethical know-how?

• Ethical Guidance for Doctors | BMJ Careers
• The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates - The Nursing and Midwifery Council (nmc.org.uk)
• NHS commissioning » Generic policies (england.nhs.uk)
• Research Ethics Service and Research Ethics Committees - Health Research Authority (hra.nhs.uk)
• Standards of conduct, performance and ethics | (hcpc-uk.org)

 

If you are unable to come into the library, but still want to find out more about ethical theories in general, you can also follow the below links to articles from the highly respected Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.

• The Definition of Morality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• The Nature of Law (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Public Health Ethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Consequentialism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Deontological Ethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Virtue Ethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Theory and Bioethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

 

Placed around the Library are QR codes linking to the guidance and articles in this blog!

And finally, some food for thought before you go: Is the Hippocratic oath still relevant to practising doctors today? | The BMJ