Articles

Public Health Policy

The Unavoidable Ethical Dilemmas of Pandemic Flu

Questions for policy makers preparing for pandemics
Kirk O. Hanson

A Hospital's Ethical Obligation to the Uninsured

Reflection on the case of a patient with Crohn's disease
Nick Welter

The Duty of the Physician to an Uninsured Patient

Reflection on the case of a patient with Crohn's disease
Ella Sanman

The Role of Friends in a Medical Emergency

Reflection on the case of a patient with Crohn's disease
Richelle Neal

Access to Health Care for the Uninsured Chronically Ill

Reflection on the case of a patient with Crohn's disease
Tessa Brown

Perspectives on Cognitive Enhancement

Hank Greely, professor of law at Stanford University, and the Emerging Issues Group at the Ethics Center look at the ethics of taking brain-boosting drugs.

Pharmacogenomics, Ethics, and Public Policy

How personalized medicine can develop in a way that promotes the good of both individuals and the broader society
Karen Peterson-Iyer

The Relationship Between Physicians and Patients

Chair of the President's Council on Bioethics Edmund Pellegrino discusses the conflicts that can arise between patient autonomy and the personal beliefs of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists
Miriam Schulman

Cancer: A Failure to Communicate - Reflections by Abdelmalek Yamani

Response to a case study where cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient.
Abdelmalek Yamani

Pandemic Influenza Ethics Tool

Ethical issues to consider in preparing for a pandemic, prepared for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Margaret R. McLean

Cancer: A Failure to Communicate - Reflections by Karen Peterson-Iyer

Response to a case study where cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient.
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Cancer: A Failure to Communicate

A case study of how cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient.
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Cancer: A Failure to Communicate - Reflection by Doha Raik Hamza

Response to a case study where cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient.
Doha Raik Hamza

Cancer: A Failure to Communicate - Reflections by Dr. Sheik Hassan and Dr. Hossam E. Fadel

Response to a case study where cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient.
Dr. Sheik Hassan and Dr. Hossam E. Fadel

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality

A case study raising issues of culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman.
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Introduction to Culturally Competent Care

Background on how cultural differences affect the provision of care in a clinical setting
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Culturally Competent Care for Muslim Patients: Introduction to Cases and Reflections

Background on the specific ethical issues involved in providing culturally competent care to Muslim patients.
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality: Reflections by Doha Raik Hamza

Response to a case raising issues in culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman.
Doha Raik Hamza

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality: Reflections by Sheik N. Hassan and Hossam E. Fadel

Response to a case raising issues in culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman.
Sheik N. Hassan and Hossam E. Fadel

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality: Reflections by Karen Peterson-Iyer

Response to a case raising issues in culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman.
Karen Peterson-Iyer

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality: Reflections by Abdelmalek Yamani

Response to a case raising issues in culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman.
Abdelmalek Yamani

Expanding Health Care Coverage: A Balm for California?

Applying Catholic social teaching to the problem of the uninsured.
Margaret R. McLean

The Coming Pandemic: Ethical Preparedness

Procedural and distributive justice considerations in triage during a pandemic.
Margaret R. McLean

Ethics, Autonomy and the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Impoverished Patients in India

Undergraduate research addressing problems in applying the ethical principle of autonomy to contagious disease.
Kelsey Whittier

With Health Care and Justice for All

Catholic social teaching and the ethics of access to health care.
Margaret R. McLean

'J' Is for Justice

What principles should guide the distribution of scarce medical resources such as organs for transplant?
Margaret R. McLean

Pandemic Ethics

Questions for health care institutions about preparing ethically for a disaster.
Margaret R. McLean

The Outbreak

This fictionalized case addresses the ethical issues confronting governments, NGOs, and pharmaceutical companies when faced with an epidemic.
Kirk O. Hanson

Pharmaceutical Decisions in Response to Epidemics: A Case Study

A video presentation, from the Ethics Center Conference, "The Future of Pharmaceuticals," which was held Oct. 3, 2003.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Gruesome tests on cadavers betray donors

We need a national system that eliminates for-profit middlemen and offers complete and accurate information to donors and their families about how donated bodies and parts might be used.
Michael Meyer

Short People

Implications of the FDA decision to allow the use of human growth hormone to treat short stature of unknown origin.
Miriam Schulman

Homeland Health Security

The SARS epidemic should convince us to prepare for the terror of disease-bearing microbes.
Margaret R. McLean

Minority Patients Need Culture Brokers

Cultural differences must be taken into account in providing medical care.
Margaret R. McLean and Margaret A. Graham

Is smallpox the real threat?

Post 9/11, we focus on protecting ourselves against a biological assault, but our crumbling health care infrastructure is a more immediate danger.
Margaret R. McLean

Russian Hostage Rescue Shows the Danger of 'non-lethal' Weapons

Ethical issues in the deployment of supposedly non-lethal weapons.
Margaret R. McLean and S.L. Bachman

Secret Behind Lower Teen Pregnancy

The determination of the African-American community to combat teen births, and the success that concerted community action has had in transforming child-bearing behavior.
June Carbone

You Are What You Eat

Personal responsibility in maintaining good health.
Miriam Schulman

Should Violent Felons Receive Organ Transplants?

Reflection on the decision to grant a California prisoner a heart transplant.
David Perry

Awareness Is Not Enough: Gender in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa

The role of gender inequality in the spread of AIDs in Africa.
Charlotte Vallaeys

Who Gets Seen

Access issues in health care.
Peter Facione and Noreen Facione

The Sole Remaining Supplier

What are the ethical questions involved when a company is the only supplier of a high-risk, life-saving product?
Thomas Shanks

Global Distribution of AIDS Pharmaceuticals

Ethical issues in the distribution of AIDS drugs, especially in the developing world.
David Perry

The Long Distance Cancer Treatment

Does an HMO have a responsibility to provide care at the closest possible medical center?
Thomas Shanks

Prescribing Under the Influence

The impact of gifts from drug companies to physicians.
E. Haavi Morreim