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Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools’ Curricula

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As medical care advanced — and categories like “ brain death ” emerged — doctors found themselves facing challenging new dilemmas and old ones more often. By 2002, approximately 79 percent of U.S. Correspondingly, most medical school ethics courses review issues related to consent, end-of-life care, and confidentiality.