Doctors must go beyond treating the sick, ethicist says

August 27, 2007

Doctors are too focused on treating the sick and risk missing the enormous opportunities of using advances in medical science to “make happier, better people,” a gathering in Australia was told. Eminent bio-ethicist Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at Oxford University, told the Canberra meeting that doctors shouldn’t be so wary of enhancing life. (Earthtimes.org)