It is often argued that in reproductive ethics, moral arguments rely on scientific facts of the matter, some controversial ...

This paper argues that street medicine should be formally integrated into clinical ethics frameworks and medical professional ...

Correspondence to Dr T J Kasperbauer, Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; tkasperb{at}iu.edu The standard approach to protecting privacy in ...

Vesicovaginal fistula was a catastrophic complication of childbirth among 19th century American women. The first consistently successful operation for this condition was developed by Dr J Marion Sims, ...

Introduction Most physicians are against active euthanasia. Very little is known about the possible changes in the attitudes of physicians. Methods A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 1003 ...

NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr David B Resnik, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Box 12233, Mail ...

1 Department of Philosophy, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, USA 2 Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga Unit, TN, USA Although physician alcohol use ...

Background: Medical confidentiality underpins the doctor–patient relationship and ensures privacy so that intimate information can be exchanged to improve, preserve, and protect the health of the ...

This paper makes two main claims: first, that the need to protect health professionals' moral integrity is what grounds the right to conscientious objection in health care; and second, that for a ...

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