When physicians in training enter their clinical years and first begin to become involved in clinical decision making, they soon find that more than the technical data they had so carefully learned is involved. Prior to that time, of course, they were aware that more than technology was involved in practicing medicine, but here, for the first time, the reality is forcefully brought home.Whatever the setting, students soon find themselves confronted with problems in which an answer is not given by the technical possibilities alone; indeed, students may have to face situations in which, all things considered, the use of these technical possibilities seems ill-advised. But choices need to be made. Some of us may choose to hide behind a mastery of technology. There are so many ethical issues that should be taken into consideration.

Assignment: 30%

Quiz: 30%

Final:40%

1. Medical Ethics: Accounts of ground-breaking cases, Gregory E. Pence, McGraw-Hill
2. Textbook of Medical Ethics, Erich H. Loewy, Springer