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Bioethics Resources

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics offers articles, case studies, and other materials on medical ethics, clinical ethics, biotechnology and ethics, end-of-life decision making, ethical planning for medical disasters, culturally competent care, and other topics.

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Bioethics Articles

Information on topics in health care and biotechnology ethics, including end-of-life care, clinical ethics, pandemics, culturally competent care, vulnerable patient populations, organ transplantation, and other topics in bioethics.

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Bioethics Cases

Case studies on topics in health care and biotechnology ethics, including end-of-life care, clinical ethics, pandemics, culturally competent care, vulnerable patient populations, and other topics in bioethics.

Two medical professionals talking in a hallway over a patient laying on a gurney between them.

Bioethics Conserved Patient

Information about medical decision making for publicly conserved individuals and policy recommendations. 

Health Care for All in California

Ethics in Health Care Blog

HCEI Interns and Ethics Center bioethics staff share perspectives around a variety of health care and bioethics related ethical dilemmas.

Bilal Arshadullah ’24, Health Equity and Innovation Fellow works with patient at the Opportunity Center Blood Pressure Clinic in Palo Alto, California in May 2025. Photo provided courtesy of Bilal Arshadullah.

Health Care on the Margins

The ethical care for people experiencing homelessness within housing stability, ethical considerations treating people experiencing homelessness, and more.  

Map of U.S. showing maternity care deserts, 2020. Source: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Area Health Resources Files, 2021

Ethics of Medical Intervention in Childbirth

Evidence-based research of financial and social costs of overmedicalization. 

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Immersive Technologies and Human Subjects Protections

Explore Dr. Julia Scott's research and case studies on the ethics considerations behind the use of immersive technologies as a research tool.