Edward Hitchcock in conversation with medical colleagues. 5: Ethics and Etiquette
Advances in treatment bring with them ethical dilemmas - should a grossly malformed baby be operated on so that it can live? Which patient should receive a kidney transplant when there aren't enough to go round?
Doctors discuss how they reach some of their most difficult decisions and consider their attitudes towards the strict personal morality imposed by the profession. Researcher NICHOLAS NIVEN-JENKINS Producer JENNY DE YONG BBC Birmingham