Many clinicians feel their autonomy is dwindling year after year—schedules are tightening, patient volume and workloads are ...

As healthcare systems across Europe deal with an increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment, family doctors are emerging as key players in assessing and supporting patients' decision-making ...

Autonomy in nursing is the ability of nurses to understand their patient's right to medical information and care while independently making decisions without consulting the healthcare provider.

As concerns about legalising voluntary assisted dying recede, pressure to broaden eligibility is likely to grow. To assess ...

It’s a no-brainer that patients are on the internet, and it’s not all funny cat videos, restaurant recommendations, and career-related searches. Nearly 6 in 10 use the internet to search for medical ...

Two pillars in health care are the principles of patient autonomy and informed consent, otherwise known as the right to choose or reject treatment. These ethical principles are in place when a patient ...

Gaffney is a pulmonary and critical care physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The Trump administration has made sweeping changes ...

Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping to his upper lip: “No, I will not get vaccinated. And nothing you do or say will change that fact.” He provided no ...

Twenty years ago, when I was working in the intensive care unit, I saved a young man’s life. He was 19 years old, and he was frothing at the mouth from life-threatening fluid filling his lungs after ...

Renceh Flojo is a bioengineering major and is a 2022-23 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. As the population's median age trends higher and higher ...