title: Power and the teaching of medical ethics.
abstract: This paper argues that ethics education needs to become more reflective about its social and political ethic as it participates in the construction and transmission of medical ethics. It argues for a critical approach to medical ethics and explores the political context in medical schools and some of the peculiar problems in medical ethics education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicholas
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D026822:Ethicists; D004989:Ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D035863:Moral Development; D033262:Narration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010684:Philosophy; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011057:Politics; D033302:Postmodernism; D011209:Power, Psychological; D024382:Professional Role; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D012945:Social Values; D035862:Vulnerable Populations