Tag: ethics

Apr0120201st Apr 20201st Apr 20200Commentby fmadmin

ETHICS: ONLINE COURSE GUIDES DOCTORS TO ‘FIRST DO NO HARM’

Posted in Food for Thought

Image: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay

By Marika Sboros

“First do no harm” is the golden rule of the Hippocratic oath. Medical doctors around the world have to swear it before their universities let them loose on trusting and unsuspecting patients. 

That oath lies at the heart of an innovative online ethics course that launches today.

It is the latest in the menu of online courses that the Nutrition Network (NN) offers. The NN is powered by the Cape Town-based Noakes Foundation.  Content is aimed primarily at doctors but has relevance for dietitians, nutritionists, nurses and health coaches, say organisers.

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Jul0920189th Jul 201810th Jul 201810Commentsby Marika

DID WITS ETHICS CHIEF LOSE HER WAY JUST TO NAIL NOAKES?

Posted in LCHF, noakestrial

Prof Amaboo ‘Ames’ Dhai

By Marika Sboros

Here’s an intriguing ethical and moral dilemma in the latest issue of the SAMJ (South African Medical Journal).

It’s in an article by University of the Witwatersrand bioethics head Prof Amaboo “Ames” Dhai. The title: The Life Esidimeni tragedy: Moral pathology and an ethical crisis.

In it, Dhai speaks of “core values of compassion, competence and autonomy”. Together with respect for fundamental human rights, these are “the foundation of ethical practice in healthcare”, she writes.

But why is that an ethical, moral dilemma and for whom? Well, for starters, for Dhai herself.

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Apr0420154th Apr 201528th Aug 20170Commentby Marika

Dr Jason Fung on doctors who betray patients’ trust

Posted in Living well

Doctors moneyYOU don’t expect your doctor or dietitian to collude with food companies in spinning yarns about health benefits of their products. It’s called ‘healthwashing’.  Many doctors and dietitians collude by accepting sponsorship from Big Food for research or to run their voluntary associations.

Dr Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University has said that ‘sponsorship perverts science’.

Here, Canadian nephrologist Dr Jason Fung takes an even bleaker look. He unravels how and why doctors, by default or design, regularly betray patients’ trust. – Marika Sboros

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