Spoiler alert: TV medical dramas 'rife' with bioethical issues and breaches of professional conduct
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 09:36
in Psychology & Sociology
A medical student and faculty directors from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics analyzed depictions of bioethical issues and professionalism over a full season of two popular medical dramas -"Grey's Anatomy" and "House, M.D." -and found that the shows were "rife" with ethical dilemmas and actions that often ran afoul of professional codes of conduct.