Physicians describe when delayed disclosure may be justified and why lying to patients is never ethically acceptable, even ...

A recent ProPublica report about patients in labor being forced to virtually appear before judges who force them to undergo a cesarean section against their will exposes the problems with laws and ...

A panel co-hosted by Georgetown University’s Disability Cultural Center, School of Health, School of Medicine and Berkley School of Nursing emphasized disability inclusion in medicine through ...

Therapists working in rehab, inpatient, home-based or outpatient settings have always faced challenges. Some are clinical and may concern symptoms that don’t match diagnoses. Some are procedural and ...

April 2, 2004 — Life-sustaining treatment decisions in patients who have lost their decision-making capacity must first and foremost respect the autonomy of the patient and/or the immediate family, ...

The American Nurses Association developed a Code of Ethics for Nurses in the 1950s. It has been revised over the years to respond to technological advances and changes in society and the nursing field ...

So-called health specialists have established their influence across social media recently. The result is a health and ...

(The views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.) We saw in Reviving Bioethics For An AI-Driven Future In Healthcare that the concept of ethics is often mentioned in the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island lawmakers heard a controversial bill Tuesday that would afford terminally ill patients the right to choose to end their lives. The Lila Manfield Sapinsley ...

"I hid her MyChart radiology report on purpose." I was shocked to hear the neurologist (Dr. A) tell me this after our patient had left the exam room. Dr. A is universally admired by my medical school ...

Before you anesthetize your patient and begin the scheduled treatment, check that a signed informed consent is in the document center of the patient's computer chart or if a hard copy is in the paper ...