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Through research and publishing, we lead debate on key ethical, scientific and public health issues and we award grants to encourage individual research in various fields of medicine.
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A list of ethics publications, guidelines, discussion papers and web resources.
Ethics web resources
Revised guidance in response to queries from doctors treating asylum seekers. The BMA has repeatedly expressed its concerns to government about the plight of asylum seekers.
Access to health care for asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers
Identifying the key factors which need to be taken into account when decisions on confidentiality and disclosure of healthcare information are made.
Confidentiality and disclosure of health information tool kit, September 2008
A prompt for doctors in England and Wales providing care for people who lack, or who may lack, the mental capacity to make decisions on their own behalf.
Mental Capacity Act Tool Kit, July 2008
Exploring the effects of pro-smoking imagery and how exposure to positive images of smoking can be decreased and exposure to positive images of health increased.
Forever cool: the influence of smoking imagery on young people, July 2008
Video clips on the work of the Medical Ethics Committee and how doctors can get involved, and on what the Mental Capacity Act in England means for doctors and patients.
Online video clips from the BMA’s Medical Ethics Committee
Practical advice on day-to-day ethical issues and unusual and complex dilemmas from individual doctors' enquiries and from the BMA's role in influencing public policy.
Medical ethics today - The BMA's handbook of ethics and law, 2nd edition
Research grants and awards
The BMA offers grants for medical research. All grants are for research that is either in progress or for prospective research.Read more here
Science and ethics links
Please note that these links are to sites unrelated to the BMA. We can accept no responsibility for their contentRead more here
The work of the Board of Science
- The Board promotes the medical and allied sciences, contributes to the development of effective public health policies and supports medical research.
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The work of the Medical Ethics Committee
The Committee debates issues of principle in medical ethics, medical law and ethical matters covering the profession, the public and the state.Read more here