Controversies in medical ethics and health policy may not be something the average Houstonian considers every day, but they raise issues that will impact all of us at some point in our lives. To help ...

The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy partners with Houston Methodist to offer the five-day in-person Bioethics Intensive Course in the Texas Medical Center. The course is productive, ...

Researchers argue that the adoption of LLMs into medical curricula can significantly contribute to the acquisition of moral knowledge and the cultivation of virtue, two main aspects of medical ethics.

Medical ethics is a pivotal field that provides guidance for the conduct of medical professionals and ensures the integrity of medical practice, protecting the interests of all patients. Misconduct ...

Midwife's Fake Vaccines Deserve More Punishment: Ethicist Art Caplan discusses a midwife's fraudulent vaccination practices, resulting in measles outbreak fears, and the need for severe punishment.

In an article she wrote this past spring for the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, bioethicist Laurie Zoloth approached from a Jewish perspective the moral choices posed by advances in genetic and ...

Introduces students to moral dilemmas in medical practice, biomedical research, and health policy, placing them in the context of comprehensive ethical theories and core principles of bioethics. Range ...

Applied ethics is a vibrant branch of moral philosophy dedicated to resolving concrete ethical dilemmas across a wide range of socioprofessional activities. Drawing on longstanding traditions and ...

Former Tucson Medical Center chaplain Bill Killian will speak on "Medical Ethics/Tough Choices" at a community forum sponsored by Casas Adobes Congregational United Church of Christ Sunday at 11:30.

Medical school applicants often focus on the most tangible parts of preparation: grades, MCAT scores, clinical hours and research. Ethics courses, when considered at all, are sometimes treated as ...