29 min

Episode 1: Medical Ethics Dilemmas Hippocratical: Medical Ethics Podcast

    • Medicine

In our first episode, we introduce the four pillars of medical ethics and discuss different approaches to ethics such as utilitarianism and Kantianism! We debated some tough ethical dilemmas – would you harvest one person's organs to save five? Would you pinch your father's oxygen line early if it meant gaining his inheritance money? Would you let an inexperienced young doctor perform a risky surgery?

In our first episode, we introduce the four pillars of medical ethics and discuss different approaches to ethics such as utilitarianism and Kantianism! We debated some tough ethical dilemmas – would you harvest one person's organs to save five? Would you pinch your father's oxygen line early if it meant gaining his inheritance money? Would you let an inexperienced young doctor perform a risky surgery?

29 min