Articles
General Medical Ethics
- Perspectives on Cognitive Enhancement
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- 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.
- The Dignity of Being Human
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- An exploration of Catholic approaches to artificial nutrition and hydration (in "Health Progress).
Gerald D. Coleman, SS; Margaret R. McLean; Joan Ma
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
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- A case about Undocumented Parents and a Difficult Birth
Karen Peterson-Iyer
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences - Reflections by Rebecca J. Hester
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- Response to a case study A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
Rebecca J. Hester
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences - Reflections by Nayamin Martinez
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- Response to a case study A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
Nayamin Martinez
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences - Reflections by Karen Peterson-Iyer
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- Response to a case study A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
Karen Peterson-Iyer
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences - Reflections by Marc Tunzi
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- Response to a case study A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
Marc Tunzi
- A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences - Reflections by Marc Tunzi
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- Response to a case study A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences
Marc Tunzi
- Culturally Competent Care for Latino Patients: Introduction
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- An introduction to Culturally Competent Care for Latino Patients
Karen Peterson-Iyer
- The Relationship Between Physicians and Patients
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- 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
- Reflections on Research Ethics
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- The editor of Science magazine and president emeritus of Stanford University discusses issues confronting universities and journals.
Donald Kennedy
- Medical Ethics Meets Organizational Ethics
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- Lessons from both clinical and business ethics apply in a hospital context.
- 'G' Is for Genes and Genomes
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- Genetic testing poses ethical problems for individuals who may learn they have an illness for which there is no treatment.
Margaret R. McLean
- 'H' Is for Heredity and Huntington's
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- An introduction to the ethics of genetic counseling and genetic testing.
Margaret R. McLean
- 'I' Is for Information
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- an introduction to confidentiality and informed consent.
By Margaret R. McLean
- 'C' Is for Compassionate and Caring Community
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- An introduction to the virtue of compassion in a health care context.
Margaret R. McLean
- 'E' Is for Everyday Ethics
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- While the big issues like cloning or end-of-life treatment may catch the headlines, we deal with important ethical issues every day.
Margaret R. McLean
- 'F' Is for the Future
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- A discussion of consequences as an approach to ethics in a health care context
Margaret R. McLean
- Don't Take Your Organs to Heaven
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- An analysis of the ethical issues in organ donation
Margaret R. McLean
- Cases in Medical Ethics: Student-Led Discussions
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- A selection of medical ethics cases designed to help determine whether medicine is the correct calling for pre-medical students.
Chris Cirone
- Ethics of Winning
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- Steroid use by athletes is a form of cheating.
Michael Dillingham
- Xenotransplantation: Weighing Individual Benefit and Risks to the Public
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- Welcome to the world of xenotransplantation, where healthy animal organs are swapped for failing human organs.
Margaret R. McLean
- Doctor-Patient Confidentiality
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- Letter to the editor of the New York Times.
Rob Elder
- Friends don't let friends starve themselves
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- A student reflects on the ethical duties to friends who have eating disorders.
Meg Parker
- Shhhhhhh, Don't Tell
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- What should a physical therapist do when she suspects that her patient isn't being entirely honest with his physician?
Wolfe, Smith, McLean, Shanks
- We've Got You Covered
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- Covering for an incompetent RN creates problems for patients.
Wolfe, Williams, Smith, Silvestri, McLean
- Should Violent Felons Receive Organ Transplants?
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- Reflection on the decision to grant a California prisoner a heart transplant.
David Perry
- Healing The Wounds that Never Heal
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- A medical researcher struggles with access to experimental procedures for patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Alfred Lane, M.D.
- 'A' is for Autonomy
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- A brief definition of autonomy as viewed in the context of medical ethics.
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- 'B' is for Beneficience (and Baseball)
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- A brief description of beneficence in a medial context.
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- Are you Lost or Something?
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- A discussion of virtues in a hospital context.
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- Physician's Role in Organ/Tissue Donation
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- What are the ethical questions involved when asked to help out an illegal immigrant in desperate need of help?
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- Memories
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- In ethics, how we decide is just as important as what we decide
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- Happy Birthday!
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- Ethics in a hospital context.
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- Questions Anyone?
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- Questions facing a professional ethicist.
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.
- The Acupuncture Alternative
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- Do physicians have a duty to refer patients to alternative forms of therapy?
Anh Tran, S.J.
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