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Medical Ethics

An ancient Hippocratic aphorism asserts that medicine involves the physician, the disease, and the patient--a statement just as true now as it was in ancient Greece.

Medical ethics has emerged as a contemporary concern because modern biomedical science has made the physician-patient relationship problematic. Is it ethical to withhold treatment from a control group in a clinical trial? How do we conduct stem cell research given the religious objections? Is access to health care a universal right? How far can the state curtail individual liberties to protect the public health?

Older issues like the patients right to know and whether medical care goes against religious beliefs are also ethical subjects for discussion.

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Latest articles in Medical Ethics

 DNA Tracking from Birth - The Controversial Issue of Privacy

A push for a national DNA database is gaining momentum in Australia. Should it be allowed? This article takes an analytical view of the topic.

Apr 3, 2012 – Jake Quade

California Doctors Say They Doubt Benefits of Medical Marijuana

The California Medical Assoc. questions the benefit of using marijuana for medical reasons. Because of that they've taken an unexpected stance on the drug.

Oct 16, 2011 – Marcus Hondro

Organ Harvesting: How Dead is Dead?

A person must be legally brain dead, but still breathing and have blood circulating, to provide healthy organs. Is this always the way it happens?

Aug 22, 2011 – Sally Anne Lewis

Patient Access to Unapproved Drugs: An Ethical Debate

The history of patient access to unapproved drugs and an overview of the medical ethics involved in the debate over patient access to investigational drugs.

Jul 5, 2011 – Stetson Thacker

Medical Ethics and the Doctors of Death: Lessons

Dr. Kevorkian advocated for the right to die. But history has taught us not to be naive about medical ethics. What are the lessons?

Jun 17, 2011 – James Gibson

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