Improving the Quality of Health Care for Patients through Clinical Medical Ethics Education




© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Laura Weiss Roberts and Mark Siegler (eds.)Clinical Medical Ethics10.1007/978-3-319-53875-4_6


6. Improving the Quality of Health Care for Patients through Clinical Medical Ethics Education



Peter A. Singer 


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University Health Network, Grand Challenges Canada at the Sandra Rotman Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

 



 

Peter A. Singer



Abstract

Dr. Mark Siegler is a founding figure in the field of clinical medical ethics. His seminal publications asserted clinical medical ethics as a worthwhile field and demonstrated its necessity within the practice of medicine. Dr. Siegler further encouraged the development of this field through the foundation of a fellowship training program in which hundreds of physician and other medical workers have learned the principles of clinical medical ethics. Through the efforts of Dr. Siegler and his many fellows, the field of clinical medical ethics is now taught, studied, and practiced internationally. By expanding the field as such, Dr. Siegler can be credited with improving the quality of health care for patients across the modern world.


Keywords
Clinical medical ethicsMark SieglerResearchFellowship trainingMentorship


Dr. Mark Siegler’s seminal contribution is to have created the field of clinical medical ethics within the field of medicine.

In my career , I have had the privilege of interacting with a large number of highly distinguished physicians around the world. I trained both in clinical epidemiology with Dr. Alvan R. Feinstein at Yale and in clinical medical ethics with Dr. Siegler at the University of Chicago from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Siegler’s accomplishments rise to the level of the late Dr. Alvan Feinstein, who created the field of clinical epidemiology, and the late Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who was a creator of the field of medical ethics with a philosophical perspective. I knew all three of these eminent master physicians extremely well, and I can attest that they made comparable and seminal contributions in creating their respective fields.

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Sep 8, 2017 | Posted by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE | Comments Off on Improving the Quality of Health Care for Patients through Clinical Medical Ethics Education

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