The world of bioethics is defined by four basic principles: autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence. Healthcare practitioners use these principles as their guiding force when evaluating the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on substantial inequities in U.S. health care, both in oncology and more generally. Fundamental ethical principles, including respect for autonomy, beneficence, ...

Catchy phrase, but let me ask you this: does it have a different meaning to you when spoken at a Women’s Day rally as opposed to an anti-vaccine mandate confab? It does for me; I wonder why. As a ...

When understanding a specific case in bioethics, it is important to acknowledge four basic bioethical principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. These four principles are crucial ...

(The Conversation) — On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. For decades, rancorous ...

Access to abortion is a critical component of health care, essential for safeguarding women’s health, autonomy and equality. A thorough analysis of ethical principles, medical evidence and social ...

Discussions of beneficence have historically been sparse in the medical, and even the cancer-specific medical literature. However, because of shifting societal attitudes, especially as they apply to ...

Consideration of the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice in the NICU is imperative as capabilities and technology advances. The ability to provide life-saving ...

Iris Murdoch was still alive when John Bayley wrote Elegy for Iris. In the memoir, he described his wife’s spirited youth and adulthood, but also limned the throes of her senile dementia. Naturally it ...