Teaching and learning of ethics in Malaysian Medical Schools: The challenges

There is a widespread demand coming from the publicand the medical fraternity for physicians not only to becompetent in their chosen field but to exhibit the higheststandards of ethical behavior. Physicians are constantlyunder public scrutiny and any misdemeanor actual orperceived hog the headlines of the public media. Theproblem is compounded by the democratization ofmedical education, fuelled by the increasing marketdemand for physicians and the corporatisation ofmedical education and practice in Malaysia.