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

The types of ethical dilemmas reported by the oncology nurses fell into 3 main categories: (a) truth telling, (b) conflicting obligations, and (c) futility. Similar concepts were grouped into 4 ...

The FINANCIAL — New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched on March 22 by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help ensure that countries implementing the End TB Strategy adhere to sound ...

The biggest issue in medical ethics today is the growing occurrence of conflict between health care providers, their patients and patients' families over treatment options, according to Canadian ...

Major health care groups joined patients’ advocates and the general public last week to highlight the importance of patients being able to take part in decisions on health priorities. This was the ...

Nurses work at the intersection of law, ethics, and patient care, often making difficult decisions that balance compassion with compliance. From respecting patient autonomy to fulfilling mandatory ...

(Reuters Health) - As more and more sick patients are going online and using social media to search for answers about their health, it’s raising a lot of thorny ethical questions for doctors. “The ...

Welcome to Ethics Consult -- an opportunity to discuss, debate (respectfully), and learn together. We select an ethical dilemma from a true, but anonymized, patient care case, and then we provide an ...

Dental ethics isn’t just about following the law — it’s about building trust, protecting patient rights, and making care decisions in the patient’s best interest. From informed consent to professional ...

George Annas, a scholar who spent decades at the intersection of medicine, ethics and the law and played a central role in shaping the modern concept of patients’ rights — in life and especially as ...

Researchers have created a new tool, ELAXIR, to improve AI literacy and raise awareness of the ethical challenges of using AI in health care. It comprises a set of physical and digital cards, ...

Health care providers should avoid talking about specific patients even when members of the public or patients are not present. A lot can happen in a hospital elevator. Perhaps that is why elevator ...