At a Catholic hospital in a large Eastern city, Dr. S admits a patient nineteen weeks pregnant
and miscarrying. He recommends, and the patient agrees to, the medically indicated …

Transplant tourism is an increasing reality facing the USA transplant centers. Most
professional societies do not condone it yet cannot abrogate a physician's right to care for …

To address the developmental deficits of children with autism, several disciplines have come
to the forefront within intervention programs. These are speech-pathologists, psychologists …

The use of opaque, uninterpretable artificial intelligence systems in health care can be
medically beneficial, but it is often viewed as potentially morally problematic on account of …

In this paper we are revisiting the concept of a profession. Definitions of the concept are
readily encountered in the literature on professions and we have collected a sample of such …

The use of organs obtained from executed prisoners in China has recently been condemned
by every major transplant organization. The government of the People's Republic of China …

Trust is important to the identity of those who deliver care such as physicians, nurses and
pharmacists, and has remained important through a wide range of technological and …

Sexual violence and rape in armed conflicts are widespread phenomena, with devastating
consequences. Over the last thirty years, our understanding of these phenomena has …

The 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) states: An individual that has
sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) …

The manner in which healthcare and medical professionals serve their athlete patients is
governed by a variety of relevant codes of conduct. A range of codified rules is presented …