Medical Ethics
Critically appraise and present a scholarly analysis of the ethical issues raised in the below scenario. Your analysis for the scenario should be approximately 750 words and should draw on appropriate references, frameworks and guidelines of Australian Medical Ethics.
In the distribution of Medical Projects, you are allocated to a project for which the Research Tutor is your aunt. You and she have different
surnames. When you began Medicine, you and she agreed that neither of you would draw attention to your relationship.
– What should you and she now do?
– Should you – or she – have taken steps to prevent this situation?
– What is the difference between actual and perceived conflict of interest?