(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 ...

Advocacy groups for patients with neurologic disorders have become a common feature in the landscape of drug and device development and federal research funding allocation. On Capitol Hill, advocates ...

Approximately 22 million adults 55 or older live alone in America, with an estimated 28% of them being childless. While ...

Isabella Reyes ‘24, a 2023-24 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University developed six case studies that explore how accessibility intersects with health ...

I typically start my mornings with a little silence before the hustle and bustle of the day begins. | Working with payers to ...

There are more than 80 professions within allied health, and they all share one key responsibility: patient advocacy. Patient ...

Brittany’s advocacy ensures that patient experiences influence research, clinical trials, and treatment design at Huntsman Cancer Institute and beyond. Her journey highlights the importance of ...

Research presented at the APNA 2025 warns that unchecked reliance on AI-generated health information can lead to misdiagnosis, misguided treatment decisions, and ethical challenges. Clinicians must ...

George Annas, a scholar who spent decades at the intersection of medicine, ethics and the law and played a central role in shaping the modern concept of patients’ rights — in life and especially as ...

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