ethics

With the incredible breadth of medical professions consisting of nurses, primary care physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, and even measly little medical students like me, it's easy to get lost in the differences between each component of...

As part of this block's genetics course, 4% of our grade was based on attending yesterday's small group ethics session. We went over three cases, drew out pedigrees, identified the likely genetic disorder, and...

This past Wednesday, I had the privilege of going to Ben Taub with several classmates as part of our mandatory "clinical ethics rounds." Though I can't discuss the patient and/or symptoms (HIPAA), it's fair...

Will there be an "end" to discovery? Are humans reaching a point in their existence where they know almost too much? I'd venture to say "yes" on the grounds that human perceptions on what...