Making Sense of Medical Ethics : A Hands-on Guide

The practice of clinical medicine is inextricably linked with the need for moral values and ethical principles. The study of medical ethics is, therefore, rightly assuming an increasingly significant place in undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses and in allied health curricula. Making Sense of Medical Ethics offers a no-nonsense introduction to the principles of medical ethics, as applied to the everyday care of patients, the development of novel therapies and the undertaking of pioneering basic medical research. Written from a practical rather than a philosophical perspective, the authors call upon their extensive experience of clinical practice, research and teaching to illustrate how ethical principles can be applied in different "real-life" situations. Making Sense of Medical Ethics encourages readers to understand the principles of medical ethics as they apply to clinical practice; explore and evaluate common misconceptions; consider the ethics underlyin

Alan G. Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Sheffield, UK and has lectured widely on medical ethics.

Paul R. V. Johnson is Reader in Paediatric Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. He is also Director of the Oxford Pancreatic Islet Transplant Programme.