Ethical perspectives in health care by members of the Health Care Ethics Internship Program.
HCEI Interns and Ethics Center bioethics staff share perspectives around a variety of health care and bioethics related ethical dilemmas.
The Hispanic mortality paradox helps explain how Hispanics often have better health outcomes and live longer, despite less frequent doctor visits, discussions of health concerns, and a poorer diet. The role that spirituality and religion may play in this paradox requires rethinking how spirituality and health care coexist.
Even though clinical trials are essential to advancing scientific knowledge, they need to be conducted ethically. Unfortunately, this is not always the case as seen with ethical misconduct found in a clinical trial with Kaiser of Northern California.
The disparities in contraceptive use among Hispanic adolescents significantly impact unintended pregnancy rates.
America values health care as a privilege rather than a human right, which should be contributed to our country’s deeply entrenched societal philosophy of individualism.
Establishing an ethics-based system for compensating donors can help to increase the supply of tissues and help alleviate pain in injured individuals.
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