Medicine (MBBS): Health Ethics and Law

Ethics Law and Teaching

The first step in relation to ethics and/or law, is to check GMC Guidance/Standards. 

• General Medical Council - Good Medical Practice
• General Medical Council - Professional Behaviour and Fitness to Practise
• General Medical Council - Engaging with students
• General Medical Council - Medical Students: Professionalism and Fitness to Practise - Myths and Questions
• General Medical Council - The duties of a doctor registered with the General Medical Council

Top Sites for Medical and Health Law

DO NOT rely on Google to locate legal information. It may not always be clear to  which jurisdiction a webpage relates. Equally important - how current is the webpage? Has the legal case you are reading been appealed to a higher court or been overturned?

Required Reading

Useful Journals

Medical Law Review - Provides thorough analyses & comments on the wide range of topical issues that are fundamental to the expanding area of law
Journal of Medical Ethics - Promotes ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice.
British Medical Journal BMJ - Focuses on topics in medicine & health, including psychology, internal medicine, pharmacology, pathology, etc.
Lancet - A medical publication from Great Britain, featuring articles of interest to the medical world, with heavy emphasis on research techniques.
Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA - Health & Medicine (General)
New England Journal of Medicine - Medical Sciences

Useful Government Sites

NOTE: For policies, consultations and law remember to be cautious and check if what you are reading is UK based and if it applies in Northern Ireland. 

• The Professional Duty of Candour (GMC) 
• Department of Health (NI) - Mental Capacity Act Northern Ireland
• Department of Health (NI) Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice