Is it ethical for hospitals or some healthcare providers to charge so much for treatment? This is not only an ethical issue in medicine, but it’s a discussion often taken up in politics regarding how society wants to operate its healthcare system. It’s a debate that has raged for decad...
Trending Declaration of Helsinki—Revisions for the 21st Century Viewpoint October 19, 2024 The Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki Viewed From the Americas Viewpoint October 19, 2024This Issue Article October 5, 1994 Ethical Issues in Health Care System ReformThe Provision of Adequate ...
Many health care issues can involve the patient’s care‚ or the policies set forth by healthcare regulatory agencies. In many instances‚ ethical issues can arise during a patient’s treatment when religious or cultural discrepancies arise that would affect the manner in which the patient ...
Why has racism per se tended to be poorly addressed as an ethical issue in health care ethics discourse? And why, if at all, must racism be addressed as an ethical issue in addition to its positioning as a social, political, cultural and legal issue? It is suggested that unless racism ...
Prisoners Being Allowed to Vote, and the Potential Ethical Issue Raised The ethical issue had to be of public interest, had to be in relation to health and social care and most importantly had to be an issue that would make me the student, engrossed by the information I had found, eager...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Despite the potential for AI to improve care, ethical concerns and mistrust in AI-enabled healthcare exist among the public
Another common issue can also be found in recent reports: the question of involving society in the debate. There is consensus on the fact that the legitimacy and governance of HGE should not be left solely to scientists and other experts but should involve society more broadly. Since germline ...
safety; on the other hand, promoting the qualified can result in the violation of ethical obligations to follow orders or remain loyalty. In any profession where diversity hiring is an issue, or where loyalty is considered a sacred and necessary virtue, this dilemma is going to ensue....
Explore This Issue ACEP Now: Vol 37 – No 11 – November 2018 Patient Confidentiality Our responsibility to protect patient privacy and health care information takes on new complexity in the FOAM and social media environment. The risks, especially when discussing clinical case vignettes...
24 Alber Jonsen, professor of biomedical history and ethics at the University of Washington, aptly concluded that the ‘Committee’ forced open ‘a new era for the ethics of medicine,’ as the health-care profession confronted ‘an issue that the traditional ethics of medicine had not previously...