Episode 103: Clinical ethics | Eternal conundrums
About this episode
The episode discusses the role of ethics and ethics committees in modern medicine with guest Dr Melanie Jansen.
Ethics, codes of conduct, and challenging decisions are universal constants in medicine. Difficult situations and trying to do the right thing are not always obvious particularly when these decisions involve lots of emotions, family members, and have life and death implications. Ethics, and ethics committees, can help to provide a clear and consensus path for clinicians, patients, and family members. We discuss the role ethics and ethics committees have in modern medicine with our special guest. This is the story of clinical ethics. Useful links: Free critical thinking course through UQ school of philosophy Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia – Great organisation focusing on clinical ethics, with affordable membership and lots of access to resources. They run an excellent ‘ethics intensive’ and yearly symposium as well as other masterclasses throughout the year. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law – Major organisation for ethics and health law. Excellent conference each year. Links to Dr Melanie Jansen’s poetry Instragram: @drmelaniejansen_poetry Dr Melanie Jansen’s debut poetry collection, All That…
People in this episode
Guest: Dr Melanie Jansen
Topics covered
- clinical ethics
- medical decision making
- ethics committees
- patient care
- family dynamics
Keywords
- clinical ethics
- medical ethics
- ethics committees
- patient decisions
- health law
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law, UQ school of philosophy
Books & works: All That Could Be Lost
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