2003 - Ethics
Ethicsbrief issue 65, ARM 2003
Ethicsbrief Issue 65, ARM 2003 The Medical Ethics Department monitors medico-legal events and developments all around the world, which are summarised for members of the Medical Ethics Committee inBackground document
on the proposed World Medical Association statement on forensic investigations of the missing Posted 3 April 2003 Action(s) required : For consideration in Divonne Destination :BMA response to NHS Information Authority and Department of Health national confidentiality consultation, February 2003
The BMA welcomes the code of practice for NHS staff as a significant improvement on the Department of Health’s 1996 confidentiality guidance and is supportive of the general approach in the document. The BMA does have some specific concerns and comments however.Consent tool kit, 2nd edition
The Tool Kit is designed to act as a prompt to doctors when they are seeking consent by providing answers to common questions raised by this process. It consists of a series of cards relating to specific areas of consent such as providing treatment to children; consent and research; and obtaining consent for teaching purposes.Ethicsbrief issue 66
A quarterly roundup of ethics news covering items such as Medical Ethics Today, access to information by elected representatives and recommendations for NHS funding of assisted conception.EthicsBrief issue 67
A quarterly roundup of ethics news covering items such as the right to treatment in other European countries, European Parliament and stem cell research and the Council of Europe and euthanasia. October 2003.Medical Ethics Tomorrow - programme and papers
Programme and papers from Medical Ehtics Tomorrow conference, held in December 2003