Moral and ethical decisions come with the turf of being a doctor. Some of those decisions have massive consequences that affect people's lives forever. Other ethical issues, although not ...

A few years ago, plastic surgeon Edmond Cabbabe, MD, was preparing for a follow-up cosmetic procedure on his wife. Mercy Hospital South, a major hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, had put her on the ...

(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 ...

Wael Haddara is the Interim Chair of the Department of Medicine at Schulich School of Medicine. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides ...

Recently, medical workers at Israeli hospitals told BBC News that Palestinian detainees from Gaza were “shackled and blindfolded” while they received treatment. Physicians owe a duty to their patients ...