Wendy E. Parmet, JD and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD
Clinicians using governing authority to make public health policy are ethically obliged to draw upon scientific and clinical information that accords professional standards.
AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E194-199. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2023.194.
Religion and spirituality in medicine can help clinicians empathize with their patients, collaborate with hospital chaplains, and advance faith-based initiatives, hospital policy, and legislation.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(7):E609-612. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.609.
Stem cell research, abortion rights, competency to make medical decisions for one’s self or stand trial, the nature of mental illness—all presuppose particular views of the human person.
In the iconic painting Broken Column, Kahlo represents her spine as a Greek column that is fractured and disintegrating. In this beautiful and tragic interpretation, the fractured column bespeaks Kahlo’s physical weakness and emotional instability.
Medicine and medical ethics have separated themselves from confessional stances—to adapt a phrase, the separation of church and medicine has become the norm.
This narrative information graphic contextualizes the lack of current maternal morbidity and mortality data in the United States since the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(1):E92-93. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.92.
Women’s health garners great sociopolitical attention in the US, engendering comments by politicians, legislative actions, and policymaking by employers and insurers.
Federal regulations governing egg donation fall into two categories: safety testing and truth in advertising. Neither deals directly with informed consent by, for example, specifying what information donors must be given.