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 ...

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 ...

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 ...