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Non-validated practices should be justified as long as all ethical circumstances pertaining to the patient are being strongly considered through a robust framework centered on the patient's best interest.
A bigger push for advocating for mental health support should be encouraged from inside the youth community itself to help normalize and support other youths in need of mental health services.
A savior sibling has been shown to be life-saving in the best of circumstances, but it is also important to acknowledge the potential harm it could cause.
While there is great potential in the use of AI-driven health care, its use must be strongly and effectively governed, with close technical and ethical oversight.
Hospice or home-based palliation at the end of life produces multiple benefits through improvements in patient outcomes and resource utilization.
Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women.
The predicted growth of artificial intelligence (AI) within health care is coupled with ethical challenges including informed consent, algorithmic biases, and data privacy.
Former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught’s medication administration error led to her recent criminal conviction and is renewing widespread fear amongst medical professionals about potential jail time for medical malpractice accidents.
Studies suggest that one out of four U.S. children live with a chronic health problem. Toxic stress, which is often brought on by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), can compromise adherence to treatment and exacerbate chronic illness.
International medical volunteering (IMV) refers to when individuals with health care training volunteer their time to work in a different country and has been described as “medical voluntourism” where seemingly altruistic volunteering is paired with an exotic vacation.