GPs are sometimes a bit smug about medical ethics. We are the ones trained in ethics, communication skills, and patient-centred medicine - we just are the good guys. Also we don't go around turning off life support machines, deciding who gets the transplant, or fiddling with stem cells, so if biomedicine makes mistakes it won't be our fault. Of course, it's not that easy. Ethical reflection is not just needed for the extraordinary, but also for the ordinary. Just think about a few of the issues that we have to consider in general practice every day.
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