Global primary care as an incubator for good ethical practice

The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of national and international healthcare organisations, and tested the morality and integrity of health care across the world. On the frontline of care, physicians and healthcare workers were exposed to risks and poorly protected, with burnout rates high, moral injury substantial, and many contemplating leaving the profession. 1 Would reflection on the ethics of family medicine provide a means of re-engaging with the meaning of being a family doctor? Does this have wider implications for ethics education around the world? Inspired by the joint conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) and the Royal College of General Practitioners in London in 2022, we consider these questions and invite a global cross-disciplinary dialogue.