Medical ethics

In this episode Professor Angela Ballantyne discusses some commonly encountered medical ethics cases in general practice.

Topics

Intro.
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Placebo effect - autonomy vs. beneficence.
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Omitting information and patient rights.
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Patients understanding of placebo.
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Black box - do we care about the mechanism?
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Balancing clinical experience/evidence and the patient experience.
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Disclosure - the side effects conversation.
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This patient gets under my skin!
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Telehealth and unconscious bias.
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Ethics around weight loss.
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Social media and a patient's diagnostic journey.
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Learning more about medical ethics.
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Take-home messages.
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Take home messages

Develop epistemic humility regarding the limits of your own knowledge.
These conversations are hard for doctors.
A healthy rebalancing process - certain patient groups will be pushing back and challenging.
Be reflective - unconscious bias, patient rapport, etc.

Presenter

Angela Ballantyne

Professor of Bioethics

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Angela teaches bioethics within the medical programme at the university of Otago Wellington. and has held roles with the world health organisation in Geneva, yale university and the national university of Singapore.

Angela has served as the president of the international association of bioethics. was a founding member of the international journal of feminist approaches to bioethics and advocacy group birth trauma Aotearoa.

Angela also contributes to national expert groups on AI research ethics, reproductive ethics and immunisation policy.