Ethics

On Nicole Varda’s Article: “To Pull or Not to Pull: The Trolley Problem and its Application to Medicine” I wonder if there is another…

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle can be paraphrased as saying “happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of…

The trolley problem is a classic example of an ethical thought experiment. The fictional conundrum is as follows: you are an onlooker watching a…

When I signed up for an addiction medicine elective in an OB/GYN clinic, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. I had heard before…

Discussion over glucagon-like peptide analogs (GLPs) has become a medical hot-topic, extending beyond clinical discussion and becoming a cultural phenomenon. Marketed as a weight-loss…

At its core, the purpose of medicine is to improve, and oftentimes extend, life through the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The logic to…

“Fairy tale“, Taras Shevchenko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “To tell you straight doc, I’ve come to accept that everyone dies. Everyone dies at…

In the vital field of medical education, textbooks are more than mere academic resources. They are the bedrock upon which future healthcare providers build…