The Health Policy Pathway teaches students in an immersive, experiential way how to apply policy concepts to current problems and questions in their healthcare environment. The Ethics Thread (ET) is ...

Medical ethics is most needed when doctors start practising. Yet this is also when formal teaching stops. This must change. I ...

We are excited to offer up-to-date education and training virtually. Our faculty and collaborators research, teach and consult on ethics and policy topics across the Texas Medical Center. We know the ...

Coming up with an idea for your next research paper does not have to be difficult, just take a look at 12 controversial medical topics for research paper that we prepared to inspire you. Writing a ...

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’ ...

Duty to Respond to In-Flight Medical Emergencies? Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the moral and legal considerations for physicians and nurses to respond to medical emergencies on an airplane. Medscape ...

The mutation that causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) can be detected in a prenatal screen. But a parent's decision to test for this terrible disease is not as easy as you would think. Families that ...

In an article she wrote this past spring for the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, bioethicist Laurie Zoloth approached from a Jewish perspective the moral choices posed by advances in genetic and ...

Accepting Obesity Shouldn't Stop Us From Warning of Its Dangers A bioethicist says overweight people need emotional support and acceptance, but clinicians should not stop conveying that obesity is a ...

Medical ethics is a pivotal field that provides guidance for the conduct of medical professionals and ensures the integrity of medical practice, protecting the interests of all patients. Misconduct ...