The framework for risk-benefit evaluations used in research can shed light on ways of balancing potential social benefits and individual risks that are missing from existing ethical frameworks for public health.
Bruce Philip Blackshaw and Daniel Rodger defend conscientious objection to abortion provision, claiming that the usual arguments critics make to disqualify conscientious objection in health care do not apply in cases of abortion.
To remove the financial barriers associated with oocyte donation, the European Union (EU) allows for donors to be reasonably compensated. This must follow the EU tissue and cell directive that states donation must not result in a donor profiting from compensation for tissue donation.
The bill gives state legislature the power to investigate doctors who grant more than 5 medical exemptions in a calendar year.
The relatively recent submissions by state policymakers requesting to close their Medicaid formularies highlighted ethical concerns regarding access and treatment of patients who are poor or vulnerable.
The Department of Homeland Security has expanded the criteria for determining if an individual is considered a public charge.
Although payment for enrolling in medical research is not likely to make participation involuntary or invalid, it may create a situation that is not in the best interests of the participant.
A closed formulary would allow a Medicaid program to decline to cover certain drugs, increasing its negotiating leverage and controlling costs.
The relatively recent submissions by state policymakers requesting to close their Medicaid formularies highlighted ethical concerns regarding access and treatment of patients who are poor or vulnerable.
Clinicians can manage their emotions and behaviors to meet the challenges of working productively with sometimes abrasive and argumentative patients.
