Karsten Hytten

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Karsten Hytten er dr.med., spesialist i psykiatri og avtalespesialist. Han var medlem i pasientovergrepsutvalget.

Articles by Karsten Hytten

Medical ethics in combat sports that permit knockouts

Karsten Hytten,
Stine K. Tønsaker

31.08.2017: The Council for Medical Ethics discourages doctors from accepting to act as ringside doctor for combat sports that permit knockouts or participating in approvals or appeals boards for such events. These types of assignments may violate the general duty of doctors to protect human health. Sports...

Diagnosis at a distance

Karsten Hytten

07.03.2017: Should doctors discuss the health of individuals in the media? The Norwegian Code of Ethics for Doctors, Chapter I, paragraph 11 states the following: «A doctor should according to his or her ability contribute to objective information to the public and the authorities on medical matters» (1). If we...