Table of Contents

Introduction
1: General practice and ethics
2: Ethical reasoning and general practice
3: Trust and the doctor-patient relationship
4: Difficult relationships with patients
5: Confidentiality in general practice
6: Beneficence, or does the doctor know best?
7: Justice and resource allocation in general practice
8: Making decisions: patient autonomy in general practice
9: Ethical issues at the beginning of life
10: Ethical issues in the care of children
11: Ethical issues at the end of life
12: Role conflicts in general practice
13: On being a good doctor: virtues in general practice

About the Author

Wendy Rogers leads the teaching of ethics, law and professionalism in the medical program at Flinders University. In 2007, she received a national Carrick award for her teaching in this area. Her current research projects include gender equity in health research, the ethics of influenza pandemic planning, and issues raised by biological donations. Wendy was a founding director of the Ethics Centre of South Australia, served as the Co-coordinator of the
International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics from 2006-8 and serves on the editorial boards of journals including Bioethics, International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Health
Expectations and BMC Biomedical Ethics. She is a member of the Medical Board of South Australia, and is a regular commentator in the media on a range of bioethical issues.
Annette Braunack-Mayer teaches medical and public health ethics and qualitative research methods at the University of Adelaide. Her current research projects include the ethics of influenza pandemic planning, consent and privacy in public health research, and community involvement in decision-making about clinical and public health practice. She is also a Consultant Ethicist to Adelaide Health Technology Assessment and the Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. With Wendy, Annette
was a founding director of the Ethics Centre of South Australia, and she currently chairs the Centre's Board of Management.