In the fast-paced world of healthcare, ethical challenges are rarely black-and-white. At the bedside, behind the scenes, and ...

Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and ...

The field of medical ethics encompasses the principles and values that govern clinical practice, research, and public health policy. It seeks to balance the physician’s duty to care and ‘do no harm’ ...

AI will change how we practice medicine, whether we are ready or not. The real question is, are we willing to ask the ethical ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Harmful errors are often not disclosed, and when disclosure does take place, it often falls short of the expectations of the patient and the family and the clinical care team,” ...

Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that may ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues ...