Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethics have been part of medical practice throughout history, with principles like those in the Hippocratic oath guiding ...

Since the issuance of the Dobbs decision, there’s been significant discussion by lawyers, philosophers, healthcare providers and political leaders. The ruling has created uncertainty and confusion for ...

Imagine a frail, 91-year-old patient who is ill and approaching the end of life. When she was brought into the Emergency Department, she told the nurse, “Don’t let them put me on machines,” but her ...

As we learned from Dr. Lawrence’s recent article, the Mission Ethics Committee has a long and storied past. Dr. Lawrence with David Blackmon helped build a robust and long-lasting group that was ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dr. Anne Lyerly, a professor and OB-GYN, about how hospital ethics boards are being invoked when a patient requires a medical exception to an abortion ban. Let's follow up ...

When Elizabeth Weller’s water broke during the 18th week of her pregnancy, the prognosis was bleak: With almost no amniotic fluid left, the fetus could not survive. If Weller did not terminate ...

For most of my 25 years in medical practice, I have been involved in hospital ethics committees. You may not know that ethics committees exist, or that there are ethics consults in hospitals. An ...

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The role of an ethics committee is to give advice on what should be done in often contentious situations. They are used in medicine, research, business, law and a variety of other areas. The word ...

Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but ban abortion since the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to the procedure. These laws have ...