Ethics Perspective

• At What Point Does Comfort Care Become Murder?   Drs Robert Glatter, Ferdinando Mirarchi, Lewis Nelson, and Thaddeus Pope discuss a recent legal case and how it may affect end-of-life care moving forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Medical Error Shouldn't Be a Criminal Act: Here's What's Better   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the implications of the RaDonda Vaught case, and calls for an organization that can investigate incidents and recommend changes to prevent them in the future.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 18, 2022
• What We Must Do to Lower Healthcare Costs for Seniors Disruption and innovation fuel healthcare progress today, but something is severely wrong.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Attending ASCO in Person This Year? Remember These 14 Tips Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, provides guidance on how to get the most out of the upcoming ASCO meeting.
  Medscape Oncology, May 12, 2022
• Medicare Is Right Not to Pay for Costly Alzheimer's Drug: Ethicist   Prof Art Caplan discusses Medicare's decision on paying for the use of the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 11, 2022
• Hope, Hype, and the Problem With New Drug Development Desperation for neurologic disorders is leading us away from evidence-based practices.
  Medscape Neurology, May 06, 2022
• Our Biggest Mistakes During the COVID-19 Pandemic   Bioethicist Art Caplan shares his list of mistakes made and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 04, 2022
• Strangers Donating Kidneys: 'Important Contributions' Kidney donations from strangers have been increasing, but there is still need for more. Dr Divyanshu Malhotra reviews current programs and offers ways to increase 'Good Samaritan' donations.
  Medscape Nephrology, April 29, 2022
• It's Dangerous to Deny the CDC's Right to Mandate Masks   Prof Art Caplan discusses the end of mask mandates and provides guidance for moving forward for the safety of all.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 28, 2022
• Trans Women in Female Sports: A Sports Scientist's Take Swimmer Lia Thomas put trans women's participation in female sports back in the headlines. Exercise physiologist Ross Tucker discusses the science and the colliding rights of fairness and inclusion.
  Medscape Orthopedics, April 21, 2022
• COVID-19: The Sadness of Dying Alone -- What Can We Do?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the tragedy of people dying alone, especially during COVID, and how we should change that.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 18, 2022
• Should Unvaccinated People Be Allowed to Get Organ Transplants?   Professor Art Caplan discusses considerations for including COVID-19 vaccination status as a requirement for transplantation.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 14, 2022
• Run Into a Rabid Animal? What to Know Rabid animals are a summertime hazard. Here's how to protect yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, April 11, 2022
• On the Receiving End of Care It's better to be giving care than receiving it.
  Medscape Blogs, April 05, 2022
• Providing Diabetes Care, Insulin, in Ukraine   With the crisis in Ukraine, it is imperative to ensure that insulin is available to those who need it. Dr Sylvia Kehlenbrink details the current response along with resources to provide aid.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 01, 2022
• House of Medicine for Rent Yale scholar Peter A. Swenson, PhD, says financial conflicts of interest plague medical societies in the United States, warping healthcare politics and jeopardizing patient care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 29, 2022
• Get the Science Right Have we become better than the snake oil salesmen of the late 19th century?
  Medscape Pediatrics, March 21, 2022
• Yes, Russian Docs Should Be Shut Out of Medical Associations   Bioethicist Art Caplan, PhD, tells why he sides with the European Society of Cardiology on its decision to suspend membership of Russian and Belarus members over the events in Ukraine.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 21, 2022
• Physicians Have a Duty to Treat the Enemy Some have said that pharma companies should stop doing business in Russia. This ethicist feels that would be wrong and would belie physicians' mission.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 21, 2022
• Politicians Overrule Board of Health's Medical Officer Politics trumps science once again.
  Medscape Blogs, March 17, 2022