Ethics in Medicine

Part 1. Ethics through the ages: 1 . Early period. - 2. Greek period - Sophists and Socrates et al. - 3. Arab period. - 4. Bacon - Bertrand Russell. - 5. Voltaire - Dawkins- McIntyre. - Part 2. Metaphysics, religious- secular perspectives: 6. Analysis of secular and religious thought. - Part 3. Cultural anthropology and medical ethics: 7. Normative principles, autonomy, beneficence, non maleficence and justice. - 8. Universalism or Relativism. - 9. Medical ethics in a pluralistic society. - Part 4. Nomenclature and description: 10. Principles and sources of medical ethics. - 11. Justice: a pillar of ethics. Distributive justice and international clinical trials. - Part 5. The role of ethics in evolution of medicine: 12. Research ethics. - 13. Human experimentation. - 14. The scourge of drug trials. - 15. Human embryonic stem cell research. - 16. Stem cell in cultivation of sensory organs, curing deafness. - 17. Cybrid. Is science going mad? . - 18. Teaching medical ethics. - Part 6. Reproductive health, ART, IVF, Abortion, Pregenetic diagnosis (PGD): 19. Assisted Reproductive Technologies. - 20. IVF, Pre genetic diagnosis, termination of pregnancy. - 21. Surrogacy. - Part 7. Managed health care: 22. Rationing. Services within limited resources. - 23. Futility of treatment. Euthanasia. - 24. Therapeutic nihilism. - Part 8. Quality of life issues: 25. Care of the elderly, and QALYS. - 26. Hospices and palliative care. - 27. Controversial pathways , passive euthanasia. Assisted life termination. - 28. Assisted life prolongation and end of life issues. - Part 9. Physicians' oaths: 29. Lessons drawn from Duae Makaram Al Akhlaq. - 30. Hippocratic oath and contemporary faith based oaths.