Little-known medical trivia.

Life extension requires careful consideration of resource scarcity, justice, and what, if anything, is intrinsic to the experiences we define as human.

Medical-legal partnerships can help detainees by motivating health, safety, and human rights standards in detention centers.

Because research on the efficacy of approaches to addiction recovery is inconclusive, clinicians should recommend several, including 12-step approaches.

Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality.

Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases.

Thoughtful design can welcome patients’ families’ roles in promoting healing. At the same time, clinicians’ need for functionality and privacy is critical. How ought these considerations be balanced in designing the spaces where patient care takes place?

Little-known facts about water.

The relatively new phenomenon of releasing President George W. Bush's medical records to the public also serves the purpose of boosting his political image.

For health professions and ethics journals, decisions about what is published and promoted profoundly influence humanity’s well-being across time and place.