MEDICAL ETHICS AND MEDICO-LEGAL ETHICS: A BRIEF ANATOMY OF CERTAIN SALIENT ISSUES

Abstract

In the declaration of a prospective medical or dental practitioner and which is the modification of the Hippocratic Oath are contained the expressions ‘I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity’ and ‘I will maintain the utmost respect for human life from the time of conception’. The   implication   of   the   foregoing   is   that   medical   ethics   and   medico-legal   ethics,   albeit unobtrusively, accompany us with the sterling qualities of durability, beauty and strength from the cradle to the grave. This work, even though a tip of the iceberg has been an attempt to elucidate certain salient indices of the phenomena.