BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children faced an ethical challenge when a pair of conjoined twins born in Africa arrived last year seeking surgery that could save only one ...

Emergency room doctors at a University of Miami hospital faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled in an unconscious man with a “Do Not Resuscitate” chest tattoo. The case is described in ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

Emergency room staff at a Florida hospital found an unconscious patient with “do not resuscitate” tattooed on his chest, prompting confusion and ethical concern, according to a case report in The New ...

Medscape surveyed more than 5,200 physicians in more than 29 specialties to discover how they feel about the ethical issues they face in the medical field. The annual “Medscape Ethics Report 2018” ...

In our increasingly complex healthcare system, ethical efficiency stands as a critical pillar to ensure patients receive quality care without unnecessary waste or unintended outcomes. Hospital systems ...

Ann Skeet is the senior director of Leadership Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The United States just completed its third impeachment trial in its 244-year history ...

“As the field of transgender health care has transitioned from pathologizing patients to a gender-affirming and patient-centered model and from an understanding of gender as binary to a fuller picture ...

Ensuring that your last wishes are carried out after your death requires a certain amount of faith in your loved ones, especially if you don't have a will. But one man apparently went to great lengths ...

Three patients — a 16-year-old boy with diabetes, a 25-year-old mother and a 75-year-old grandfather — are crammed into a hospital triage tent and struggling to breathe. Only one ventilator is left.