A panel co-hosted by Georgetown University’s Disability Cultural Center, School of Health, School of Medicine and Berkley School of Nursing emphasized disability inclusion in medicine through ...

​SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has expressed support for a proposed measure that would allow Filipinos to ...

The right to make decisions about your own health care seems like it would be a foundation of our society. Unfortunately, patient autonomy is too often infringed upon from the church to the courtroom ...

It’s a no-brainer that patients are on the internet, and it’s not all funny cat videos, restaurant recommendations, and career-related searches. Nearly 6 in 10 use the internet to search for medical ...

May is the month most American medical students finally see four years of grueling work bear fruit. Most U.S. medical schools hold commencement exercises in May, conferring "doctor of medicine" ...

Joyce O'Shaughnessy, MD, reflects on the important principle of patient autonomy and how, as a younger clinician, she encountered a patient with breast cancer who refused early intervention with ...

Nurses interact with people during some of their most vulnerable moments and in highly personal ways. It’s why they often find themselves confronted with challenging ethical dilemmas that require ...

Therapists working in rehab, inpatient, home-based or outpatient settings have always faced challenges. Some are clinical and may concern symptoms that don’t match diagnoses. Some are procedural and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island lawmakers heard a controversial bill Tuesday that would afford terminally ill patients the right to choose to end their lives. The Lila Manfield Sapinsley ...

Parliament must shape one, with strong safeguards, improved palliative care services, and wider adoption of advance medical ...

This paper critically engages Jasper Debrabander’s defence of the right not to know in the context of incidental findings.