ISD II – Musculoskeletal

Ethics/Humanities/Health Law

Background Reading for March 17, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

This package contains:

• “Bioethics for Clinicians: 1. Consent” by Edward Etchels et al, from CMAJ, 1996
• “Informed Consent” by Wilton H. Bunch, from Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2000

Learning Objectives

• This session will consider the idea of informed consent in-depth, from both an ethical and legal perspective

Article Summaries

• Article summaries should be passed in by March 24, 2003.

Long Essays

• The due date for those of you writing a long essay was originally announced as March 31. As this is during the break, the due date has been moved. Please hand in your essay by April 14 unless alternative arrangements have been made.