Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals
Incarcerated patients’ suffering is sanctioned by hospitals and medical professionals, despite their pledge to do no harm.
Medical Ethics
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Read more: Ethical and Legal Challenges Faced by Hospitals in New York’s First COVID-19 Surge Ethical and Legal Challenges Faced by Hospitals in New York’s First COVID-19 Surge
Supporting doctors and health care workers during times of crisis requires making concrete plans in advance for the worst case scenarios.
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Read more: Free Online Ethics Resources Available from the Perelman School of Medicine Free Online Ethics Resources Available from the Perelman School of Medicine
Content includes a course in clinical ethics for medical students, with lectures on surrogate decision-making and advance directives.
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Read more: Understanding the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Consciousness Understanding the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Consciousness
By Yusuf Lenfest Think of the last few times you’ve had a very lifelike dream. Running, reading, or having conversations with others, are all activities that might happen during a particularly vivid dream. But would this be considered consciousness? Surely being in a state of sleep is not the same as being in a waking…
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Read more: General Medical Practice: Complaint Handling Issues General Medical Practice: Complaint Handling Issues
By John Tingle There is a new report from Health Service Ombudsman (HSO) on GP (General Medical Practitioner) complaint handling and major failings are revealed. The HSO makes the final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved in England and lies at the apex of the NHS complaints system. The report reveals that some GP…
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Read more: Art Caplan on Companies Paying for Egg Freezing Art Caplan on Companies Paying for Egg Freezing
Over at Medscape, Art Caplan has a new video critiquing some companies’ new policies to pay for women to freeze their eggs: Facebook and Apple recently announced a new perk for female workers. They will pay to freeze their eggs, a benefit that has sparked an appropriate ethical controversy. There is no doubt that some women…