The Medical Ethics Committee (MEC) has had a busy year debating a diverse range of topics, for example: • The use of incentives to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. • The regulation of direct to consumer genetic tests which are now becoming available. • Whether to notify individuals who have, or may have, been exposed to vCJD. • The payment [...]
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Speech by the Chair of Medical Ethics Committee, Dr Tony Calland, to ARM 2010
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
ARM – day three – medical ethics
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009So, to the motions on Medical Ethics which saw some of the liveliest debates in ARM history – not surprising I guess, given the content of the motions and the fact that they apply to all branches of the profession across the UK. Opening this section was Wales’ own Dr Tony Calland, Chair of the [...]