For aspiring doctors, confronting ethical dilemmas begins long before encountering them in clinical settings. During the medical school interview process, applicants are often asked to discuss how ...

The MMI is a way for premed students to demonstrate their thinking and ethical skills in front of a medical school admissions panel. The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) is one of the hardest parts of ...

Holland Kaplan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Section of General Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In this Q&A with ...

Abortion raises many ethical questions. Determining whether an abortion is needed to save a pregnant person’s life or health is not among them. That’s a factual question requiring medical — not ...

A Memorial Hermann surgeon accused of altering records in a transplant database is one of just several stories stemming from Houston-area hospitals in recent memory that raise complicated questions ...

Advanced artificial intelligence tools, such as large language models (LLMs), are transforming the way we handle information. They can draft text, summarize research, and even respond to medical ...

The ethics of COVID-19 are brutal. In March, we witnessed an elderly Italian priest give up his ventilator, knowing that he would almost certainly die without mechanical medical support. Later, we ...

Linnea Rothi ’23 is neuroscience and biology double major with a minor in public health at Santa Clara University and a 2021-22 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

ATLANTA -- Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old Georgia nurse and mother, was just eight weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead in February after suffering a medical condition. However, the family ...

Overview:  AI chatbots are rapidly entering sensitive spaces like healthcare and law, raising critical questions about safety ...