What is ethics and why is it useful?
Types of ethical problems
Five-step process of ethical decision-making
Responsibilites to the self
Information disclosure; truth-telling
Information disclosure: informed consent
The "difficult" patient and the suicidal patient
Care for patients with terminal illness
Support and challenge in professional peer relationships
Blowing the whistle on incompetent or unethical colleagues
Allocation of health care resources
Complex questions of justice
The health professional in the policy domain
The health professional as citizen.
