What do medical students experience as moral problems during their obstetric and gynaecology clerkship?
This article reports on moral problems that were raised by medical students as the basis for an ethical case-conference in an obstetrics and gynaecology clerkship. After introducing the issue of teaching clinical ethics, the method of our case-conference is explained. Next, the variety of topics and related moral problems are presented. The article continues with a discussion of three distinct and challenging aspects that characterise obstetrics and gynaecology as a domain for teaching clinical ethics. The conclusion puts forward three significant points our review raises.
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Department Ethics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. g.olthuis@chello.nl
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