What ethical issues do doctors or other medical professionals face when giving contraceptive advice? Their primary concern should always be the welfare of the patient concerned. This goes hand in ...

Despite an ongoing debate, boundaries between research and practice in medicine are often still unclear. New surgical procedures, assisted reproduction technologies and brain imaging techniques ...

(2014). More people than ever before are receiving behavioral health care in the United States, but gaps and challenges remain. Health Affairs, 33(8), 1416-1424. This resource focuses on ethical ...

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The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy researches and influences policy on today’s most pressing ethical issues. We are one of the biggest and fastest growing ethics centers in the country, ...

The Committee on Assessing Genetic Risks, Division of Health Sciences ... to discuss all ethical principles that may come into play when dealing with reproductive issues raised by available ...

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 ...

There is a debate based on issues other than pure medical effects of marijuana. Many individuals champion their own ethical or religious reasons for supporting or opposing the use of medical marijuana ...