Healthcare professionals abide by codes of conduct built around respect of life and human dignity, respect for autonomy of the patient, minimizing harm and doing good, justice, respect for colleagues and other professional etiquette. Some of these elements are as ancient as Hippocrates (c. 370 BC), some did not gain wide acceptance until the 1970’s. With rapid of advances in biomedical sciences and technologies, complex ethical issues arose. In an increasingly secular and divided world, upholding professional ethics is ever more important, but its limitations must also be acknowledged. Selected current topics in bioethics (physician assisted suicide, precision medicine, genome editing) are discussed in this presentation to illustrate the importance of a broader view on professional medical ethics.
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