A Call for Creation of Medical Ethics Task Force

The Libyan Medical Profession Needs a Regulatory Body

“…To the Editor: I am very grateful to Dr Elkhammas for his editorial that brought the issue of medical ethics in Libya to light [ 1 ]. I have been following the correspondence with interest and I feel it adds a great value to a debate of such an important issue [ 2 , 3 , 4 ].…”

“…Frank and open discussion of various ethical issues in the medical profession is essential [ 4 ]. Establishing a medical ethics task force will help improve the understanding and the application of proper ethical values in Libya [ 2 ]. However, all these suggestions would be difficult to implement without establishing an independent regulatory body to oversee and regulate the medical profession.…”