ABSTRACT
Informed consent and refusal of treatment. Truthfulness, trust and good communications in the doctor-patient relationship. Confidentiality and privacy. Medical research, its connections with ordinary therapeutic medical practice, and the special ethical and legal concerns relevant to it. A variety of ethical and legal aspects of human reproduction; for example, those associated with embryo research, in vitro fertilization and abortion. The 'new genetics'; for example, gene therapy, genetic testing and different forms of cloning. Treatment of children and issues such as children's rights, the relationship between age and competence to accept or refuse treatment, child abuse, and questions about decision-making on behalf of children.
