Professionalism

Medical oaths less of a moral compass for doctors

Jared Yee | 07 April 2011

While most doctors participate in a medical school oath ceremony, few believe that this rite of passage has strongly shaped their sense of professionalism

Third of UK doctors fear payback if they report colleagues

Michael Cook | 12 March 2011

Plagiarize, Let no one else’s work evade your eyes

Michael Cook | 26 February 2011

Bioethics is a sub-branch of ethics, so one would expect its practitioners to be ethically exemplary. But one of America’s leading bioethicists has expressed his doubts.

Do “sick and tired” strikers deserve medical notes?

Michael Cook | 25 February 2011

Some Wisconsin doctors could be in hot water because they signed sick notes for striking teachers without normal consultations. Some of the doctors wore white lab coats and offered medical notes to the tens of thousands of protesters who paraded past them.

Do neo-Nazis deserve medical treatment?

Michael Cook | 21 January 2011

German surgeon refuses to operate

Fake Australian doctor wins job at top UK medical school

Jared Yee | 02 October 2010

Con man breaks two-year good behaviour bond

“Bloodgate” doctor free to practice

Michael Cook | 04 September 2010

British sports scandal involves doctor

Sicilian doctors accused of row during patient’s labour

Michael Cook | 04 September 2010

Police investigate whether complications were caused