Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective

There is a diversity of 'ethical practices' within medicine as an institutionalised profession as well asa need for ethical specialists both in practice as well as in institutionalised roles. ThisBrief offers a social perspective on medical ethics education.It discusses a range of concepts relevant to educational theory and thus provides a basic illumination of the subject. Recent research in the sociology of medical education and the social theory of PierreBourdieu are covered. In the end, the themes of Bourdieuan Social Theory, socio-cultural apprenticeships and the 'characterological turn' in medical educationare draw togetherthe context of medical ethics education.