Say you are a physician taking care of a patient in need of a blood transfusion. The patient refuses the blood transfusion on religious grounds, but you know that if he does not get the blood, he may ...

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr., 2000), pp. 131-136 (6 pages) Educational efforts in bioethics are prevalent, but little is known about their efficacy. Although previous work indicates ...

Our fellows’ day varies depending on whether they are “on-service” or “on-call” or not. When a fellow is on-service, he or she is working in our hospitals doing clinical activities. “Clinical ...

I was offered the glorious opportunity to be one of the teachers at a medical ethics course a couple of years ago at South Dakota State University. And so the semester began, with 32 eager college ...