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Bioethics and Modern Medicine Part 2
In this the concluding segment in the discussion of bioethics, the panelists consider questions about bioethical issues such as euthanasia, the right to informed consent, and patient competency. Who would participate in the process of medical decision-making? Recent advances in biotechnology notwithstanding, do we live in an atmosphere of realistic expectations about professional ethics and medical practices?
Bioethics and Modern Medicine Part 1
Following recent Soundings discussions of medicine and the hospital in history, Soundings now examines those topics from contemporary perspectives. Bioethics is the systematic study of the life sciences and health care when viewed from the standpoint of moral values and principles. In this, the first of two programs, the panelists consider some of the ethical traditions–religious and secular–that underlie current bioethical issues, the participation of lay people in medical decision-making, professional views about patients’ autonomy, and the possibility of social and professional consensus with regard to ethical standards.