Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and ...

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, ethical challenges are rarely black-and-white. At the bedside, behind the scenes, and ...

The field of medical ethics encompasses the principles and values that govern clinical practice, research, and public health policy. It seeks to balance the physician’s duty to care and ‘do no harm’ ...

M.S. in Bioethics and Master of Public Health Dual-Degree Program graduate Michael Menconi shines light on the bridge between ...

Vence L. Bonham Jr., Acting Deputy Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and an investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Division of Intramural ...

Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that may ...

After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of ...

Advanced artificial intelligence tools, such as large language models (LLMs), are transforming the way we handle information. They can draft text, summarize research, and even respond to medical ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester—in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo—have ...

Yeseñia Sandoval is a biochemistry major with a minor in biotechnology and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her ...