Edited by
Richard Morris, Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Department of Primary Care & Population Studies, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Sarah Edwards, BSc, MA, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Research Governance, Research and Development Directorate, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London
Michael Porter, BA, MPhil, Senior Lecturer, General Practice Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK
Series Editor:
Daniel Horton-Szar, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCGP, Northgate Medical Practice, Canterbury, Kent, UK
By
Keith Amarakone, Medical Student, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
Suhkmeet Panesar, BSc(Hons), MBBS, AICSM, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, UK
Description
Medical ethics, sociology and epidemiology rarely arouse one's passion and can, as minor subjects within a busy curriculum, find themselves
ignored by vast swathes of students. However, recent times have seen not only a greater general understanding of these subjects but
also a greater appreciation of their role within modern medical practice.
In addition, these subjects are increasingly appearing
in exams and, more importantly, they will crop up in every field and at every level of future working lives. In writing this book, the
authors hope to provide a springboard from which students can develop a reasoned ethical approach to dilemmas as and when they present,
both within their practice of medicine and in the exam situation. The sociology and public health sections aim to provide key information
on the theories and studies that have helped to shape the practice of these disciplines - topics that are all too often unacknowledged
by medical students and doctors alike. In doing so, the authors hope to provide the essential facts on these subjects without leaving
readers to wade through irrelevant material. It is hoped that all students might begin to enjoy evidence (as well as experience)-based
medicine and appreciate its importance regardless of the medical or surgical careers that they pursue.
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