In a guest editorial article published in volume 10 of the JHCPU, Roscoe C. Young Jr., MD, MSPH, PCCP and Renée Ewing Bowen, RN, JD, addressed major ethical issues receiving increasing attention at that time. These issues included intellectual honesty, mandatory testing/treatment for HIV/AIDS, abortion, end-of-life issues, and gene therapy. Young and Bowen stated that good ethical and moral behavior and empathy toward patients is required of medical students and physicians. This paper was presented on August 1998 at the Freshman Orientation for the class of 2002 at Meharry Medical College.
On and Off the Playing Field: Ethics in Medicine, by Roscoe C. Young Jr. and Renée Ewing Bowen