Overturning this case’s precedent might result in clinicians claiming more religious exemptions and increased risk of harm to patients.

The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability.

Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified.

Dr Jake Greenblum joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ryan Hubbard: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?”

Police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and parole boards look to reform work with patients.

Dr Frederic G. Reamer joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Why Care-Based, Not Carceral, Approaches to Suspects With Mental Illness Is Key to Whether We Trust Professional or State Authority Ever Again”

Involuntary commitment is often traumatic and can fracture already fragile relationships persons experiencing homeless have.

A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests.

Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit.

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