authors, David E. Schuller and Alexander J. Schleuning II, chairmen of the Departments of Otolaryngology at Ohio State and Oregon, respectively. With the addition of these new authors, the organization and scope of this text have changed considerably. The current edition contains 54 chapters and 10 sections. Eight of the sections are organized by anatomic site, with additional sections containi...

In this issue of the journal Christopher Coope presents three sorts of worries about the use of case studies in medical ethics teaching. The first is that heavy reliance on case studies 'tends to exaggerate the degree to which morality is controversial'; the second is that 'it is often quite unclear what problems count as moral problems'; the third is that there are 'limits as to what we may re...

Background: We sought to determine students' perception of ethical behaviour of their peers and instructors during their course of studies, both in the preclinical and clinical years. To this end, we administered a questionnaire to senior medical students in order to assess whether they witnessed unethical behaviour during their four-year course of studies. Methods: A two-part questionnaire was...