BBC - Medical ethics

Assisted Conception and Disability — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 9

Should a woman with severe disabilities be helped to get pregnant?

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08 Aug 2013

Communication — Case Notes

Dr Mark Porter explores how to improve communication between medics and patients.

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21 Jul 2009

Crossing the Line — The New Age of Consent

Actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil asks how we should navigate consent.

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03 Sep 2018

Do I Need the Doctor? — Healthy Visions

Dr Michael Dixon argues healthcare needs to be less reliant on patients seeing a doctor.

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30 Mar 2015

End of Life and Islam — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 9

What happens when Muslim beliefs are at odds with medical decisions?

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15 Aug 2013

Episode 1 — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 3

David, who has severe learning difficulties, has been diagnosed with a form of cancer.

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29 Aug 2007

Episode 1 — The Age of Consent

Helena Kennedy QC explores the key idea of consent in our politics, law and digital lives.

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13 Mar 2017

Episode 1 — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 4

Three-year-old Catherine desperately needs a bone marrow transplant from a sibling.

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06 Aug 2008

Episode 2 — The Age of Consent

Helena Kennedy QC explores idea of consent in our politics, law, media and digital lives.

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20 Mar 2017

If I Were You, Mrs B — The Reith Lectures, Ian Kennedy: Unmasking Medicine: 1980

Sir Ian Kennedy reviews the ethical judgements used by the medical profession.

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26 Nov 1980

Medical Ethics — In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg examines the technological advances and ethics of modern medicine.

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16 Dec 1999

Mentally Ill and Refusing Surgery — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 6

Should a man who believes his life-saving surgery is a conspiracy to kill him be forced?

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20 Jul 2010

Patient Undone

Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics.

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16 Apr 2019

Rt Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth — Belief

Lord Harries of Pentregarth talks to Joan Bakewell about his faith.

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26 Dec 2011

Screening — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 5

At what point is a woman's disability an obstacle to her having fertility treatment?

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30 Jul 2009

Teenager Refuses Chemotherapy — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 11

Ashley is 15 and refusing chemo. Should the medical team and his mum accept his choice?

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06 Aug 2015

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Dr Margaret McCartney examines a GP consultation.

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11 Jun 2019

The Legacy of Mr C — Test Case

Meet the extraordinary people behind some of the world's most discussed legal cases.

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04 Feb 2014

Ventilation in Children — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 8

Should children with degenerative, life-limiting conditions be kept alive at all costs?

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09 Aug 2012

Withdrawing Feeding in Children — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 11

Is it ever ethical to withhold food and water in a child who is not dying?

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30 Jul 2015

Withdrawing Treatment — Inside the Ethics Committee, Series 7

Can conscious patients stop treatment, even when this will directly lead to their deaths?

Release date:

28 Jul 2011

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