Now, most American physicians don’t own their own practices; they work for institutions—investor-owned, non-profit, or public—as employees or contractors. Discussions of ethics in health care must ...

Bilal Arshadullah ’24 was a 2023-’24 Health Care Ethics Intern and the inaugural recipient of the Fellowship in Health Equity and Innovation with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara ...

Medical ethics is a pivotal field that provides guidance for the conduct of medical professionals and ensures the integrity of medical practice, protecting the interests of all patients. Misconduct ...

While we continue to assess regulatory reforms that apply to all health care organizations and some that apply to private equity owners, we must find ways to incorporate clear fiduciary duties and ...

Ethical principles are especially pertinent to the conduct of professionals in psychology and psychiatry. The hard work comes when principles are in conflict, and clinicians must consider what values, ...

Author discusses the ethics of disclosing the cost of treatments to patients before prescribing them and weighing financial risk vs medical care. The practice of medicine requires high moral standards ...

Yeseñia Sandoval is a biochemistry major with a minor in biotechnology and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her ...

The Covid pandemic has posed substantial challenges to societies and health systems globally. Many of these challenges have been technical, such as the development of effective vaccines and therapies.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a public health researcher addressing health equity and disease. As we come to the end of Women’s History Month and ...

Gabriela Ramos is Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO. Éric Fourneret is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Université Catholique de Lille, France. 16 November 2023 The ...