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In a for-profit healthcare environment, we are constantly in a balancing act between doing what’s right for our patients and what’s [...]
September 5, 2015
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My grandmother suffered an intracranial hemorrhage that left her severely brain damaged and unable to communicate. With no living will or [...]
August 13, 2015
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About 1000 universities in the U.S. follow the recent trend of having a tobacco-free campus. This means that no one is allowed to use any form of [...]
March 5, 2015
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, offers physicians from wealthy countries the opportunity to utilize their medical [...]
February 22, 2015
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Is it ethical to refuse to have one’s child vaccinated for measles? To comment on this dilemma, leave a response. For anonymity, omit your [...]
February 3, 2015
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A large, family-owned corporation [i.e., Hobby Lobby] is deciding whether its company-sponsored health insurance should cover morning-after [...]
September 30, 2014
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The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) requires me to have health insurance, or else pay a penalty. The penalty is $95 or 1% of income (whichever [...]
November 26, 2013
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The number of elderly people has significantly increased in China, and as a result, more are injured or become ill on the street. In the past, [...]
April 3, 2011
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Doctor D operates an organ transplant shop. Four of his current patients require a heart, kidney, lung, and stomach, which cannot be obtained [...]
January 8, 2011
Ethical Decisions 