The Value Of Teaching Bioethics - 781 Words

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Furthermore, Gawande explains that his concept of me dical school was about knowledge; of diagnosing, treatment, anatomy and physiology, and new technologies. Dr. Gawande, in dealing with mortality throughout his entire medical career, only truly learned the â€Å"bioethical† part of medicine when his own, beloved, father was dying. These are merely a few indicators of the historical dearth of the teaching of bioethics to clinicians, and leads us to the questions of whether there is a need for the teaching of bioethics, and, if there so, who should teach it and when should it be taught? 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