Annals ofBioethics
Volume: 2 - Number: 12 - April 15, 2003
Outstanding
Supporting primary care with ethics advice and education
The increasing importance of patient surveys
Confidentiality
Protecting the public from risk of harm
Ethics in Investigation
Using patient-identifiable data for observational research and audit
Baby bred to provide stem cells for sister
German research society apologises to victims of Nazis
Half as many animals used in medical research as 20 years ago
Genetic
The promise of human genetic databases
Informed Consent
Patient data, confidentiality, and electronics
Medical Deontology
College inquiry clears hospital's cardiology services
EU advisory committee members declare their interests
Organ Donation
BMA campaigns for "presumed consent" to organ donation
Doctors subjected to "harsh treatment" over organ retention, says
Germany faces shortfall in transplant organs
Grouplegal action launched over retained organs
Public Health
$1bn drug deal creates debt for "tomorrow's AIDS orphans"
Relationship Inside Patients and Medical Doctor
Resources, Down's syndrome, and cardiac surgery
Shared decision making in a publicly funded health care system
Supporting primary care with ethics advice and education
The BMJ 's ethics committee is open for business
The challenge of lay partnership
The increasing importance of patient surveys
The separating of conjoined twins
Wanted: a social contract for the practice of medicine
Conjoined twins should be separated
