Thompson I E
J Med Ethics. 1976 Jun;2(2):74-82.
In this paper, Mr Thompson, one of the research fellows appointed to the Edinburgh Medical Group research project, seeks to define medical ethics in relation to traditional ethics in the philosophical sense of enquiring into right and wrong modes of thought and conduct, and to carry that study further into the field of moral decisions made by doctors and other professional people who care for the sick. Until very recently the Victorian definition of medical ethics - medical etiquette - served the doctor well but the complexity of modern medicine and the involvement of other professional workers in medical care appears to have swept away the old framework and left a vacuum. A new medical ethic must be evolved to fill that vacuum, taking account not only of technological advances but also of relationships between doctors and other professionals associated with them and of the role in caring for the sick.
在本文中，受雇于爱丁堡医学集团研究项目的研究员之一汤普森先生，试图从哲学层面探究正确与错误的思维及行为模式，进而界定医学伦理与传统伦理的关系，并将该研究进一步拓展至医生及其他照顾病人的专业人员所做道德决策的领域。直到最近，维多利亚时代对医学伦理的定义——医学礼仪——一直很好地服务于医生，但现代医学的复杂性以及其他专业工作者参与医疗护理，似乎已将旧框架一扫而空，留下了一片空白。必须发展出一种新的医学伦理来填补这一空白，不仅要考虑技术进步，还要考虑医生与相关其他专业人员之间的关系以及他们在照顾病人中的角色。
