Ethics

Ethics Perspectives

Government Ban on Seven Words Creates Anger Among Physicians Last year, the Washington Post reported that the CDC was banned from using seven scientific words. What do physicians think of the ban?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 19, 2018
Should a Terminal Patient Receive Cataract Surgery? Should a terminally ill cancer patient who asks for cataract surgery to improve his quality of life be granted his wish?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 18, 2018

Alert New HHS Division to Protect Clinicians With Religious Objections The Trump administration opens the new unit within HHS to focus on claims of coercion on medical staff to perform abortions and other procedures over religious objections.
Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2018
Do You Agree With the Idea of Medicaid Work Requirements? New guidelines would require some Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer in order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits.
Medscape Reader Polls, January 17, 2018

Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, New York University Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine, New York, New York