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Medical ethics

concept · in 8 sources (2017–2018)

Ethics of medical practice, asked about in medicine interviews.

Sources by year: 2017: 3 · 2018: 5

Also named in the threads: Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017) · Ali promises a video on euthanasia, assisted suicide and do-not-resuscitate decisions (2017) · Ali says part two of his euthanasia videos, which should be out at some point the following week, will cover assisted suicide, attempts to change the law on it, and its ethics. · Ali says his medical ethics series has covered the major topics, but he wants to make a video about Alfie Evans soon and is working on it.

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Charlie Gard case (5) · United Kingdom (4) · Euthanasia (3) · Four principles of medical ethics (3) · Assisted suicide (3) · Charlotte (3) · Molly Hunt (3) · Medicine interview (5) · University of Cambridge (5) · NHS (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-01-17 · Legalising Assisted Suicide? - Medical Ethics and Law — recommendation: Ali suggests watching the third video of his medical ethics series, on euthanasia, before this one on assisted suicide. — 00:00:00
    • Ali says end-of-life ethics is a difficult area, but it is what doctors deal with day to day. — 00:25:42
  • 2018-01-27 · Charlie Gard - Medical Ethics and Law — recommendation: Ali recommends Iain Brassington's article on the Charlie Gard case in the blog of the Journal of Medical Ethics as a readable, more opinionated account. — 00:05:11
    • Ali says the four principles of medical ethics, autonomy among them, are the structure he always suggests for answering medical ethics questions. — 00:10:41
    • Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says, having checked Tony Hope's book, that some people use "passive euthanasia" as a blanket term for withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, which is within medical ethics tradition, though she would rather avoid it. — 00:23:17
  • 2018-02-14 · Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal — recommendation: Ali's new favourite blog is the blog of the Journal of Medical Ethics, a journal published as part of the BMJ, with very accessible articles on current medical-ethics topics. — 00:01:08
    • Ali found the Journal of Medical Ethics blog while preparing his video on the Charlie Gard case, and has spent the last few weeks reading through its backlog. — 00:01:08
    • Ali finds the arguments on the Journal of Medical Ethics blog fair and well written, and loves the style of argument of Iain Brassington. — 00:01:38
    • Two Journal of Medical Ethics blog posts answer Toby Young's article: the link between IQ and social class probably has confounders, such as parasitic diseases of poorer classes that stunt cognitive development. — 00:03:30
    • Ali suggests reading Toby Young's original article as well as the two follow-up posts on the Journal of Medical Ethics blog, which he will now follow every week. — 00:03:59
  • 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — announcement: Ali says his medical ethics series has covered the major topics, but he wants to make a video about Alfie Evans soon and is working on it. — 00:29:52
  • …and 4 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2017

  • 2017-12-14 · How to answer Medical Ethics interview questions — recommendation: Ali says the four principles of medical ethics are the structure he, his friends and everyone else would recommend for answering a medical ethics scenario. — 00:00:29
    • Ali says understanding where the four principles come from is useful, giving more understanding of where they fit in the wider medical ethics debate. — 00:15:51
    • a guest: Interviews may ask about more specific topics, such as termination of pregnancy, euthanasia, consent and confidentiality, each with its own issues, which later videos will cover. — 00:25:14
  • 2017-12-22 · Singing carols in the hospital - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #18 — announcement: Ali: The same day Ali films a series of medical ethics videos for medicine interview applicants, going into more detail than they probably need; he says it is good revision for his finals. — 00:01:22
    • Ali and Charlotte prepare for their finals in his room; one of the finals papers is a short essay paper on public health ethics and law. — 00:01:22
  • …and 4 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017