The Difficult Patient in Room 2B
As a brand new, third year medical student, I am continuously being bombarded with multiple emotions and am excited and eager to learn. In…
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Medical Ethics: May Question
On your internal medicine rotation, you are rounding on Patricia, an 86-year-old woman who lives with her daughter. Your patient has dementia and…
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Healthcare Insurance: An Opinion on Shifting Intentions
Merriam-Webster defines insurance as: 1: The business of insuring persons or property, coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee…
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“Please pass the butter and let me know what you think of this rash . . . ”
After a stressful week of examinations, you are finally home for the holidays and couldn’t be happier to have a day off from your…
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Medical Ethics: November Response and January Question
November Response Our last ethics question concerned discrimination against a practicing Muslim physician and the role of hospital administrators in enforcing zero-tolerance discrimination policies:…
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Medical Ethics: September Response and November Question
September Question September’s ethical question revolved around a concerned patient and physician disclosure of test results. Take another look: A 67-year-old man presents to…
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Should a Physician Still Remain “Captain of the Ship?”
In 1949, the phrase “captain of the ship” was used to justify Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s verdict of McConnell vs. Williams, where obstetrician Dr. Williams…
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July Response and September Ethical Question
In July, we examined the choice of a physician who is confronted with possible child abuse. Let’s take a second look: You are a…
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Should We Compensate Organ Donors?
Recently, I came across an article by Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, from the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU School of Medicine who…
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End of Life Act
Last year on June 9th, California Governor Jerry Brown gave terminally ill patients in California with less than six months to live the ability…
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