Opinion: Vaccine policy it is not a matter of autonomy at all, because infants do not decline vaccination — their parents do.

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 ...

A panel co-hosted by Georgetown University’s Disability Cultural Center, School of Health, School of Medicine and Berkley School of Nursing emphasized disability inclusion in medicine through ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Yet all these oaths—traditional or modern—are self-indulgent. They focus primarily on how physicians should comport ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among high-risk patients, discussion of do-not-resuscitate orders should take place prior to hospitalization, as ...

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 ...

Last month, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill lawmakers passed called “Deb’s Law” that enables terminally ill patients to request a prescription from their doctor to end their lives.

In Parts 1 and 2 of this post (which the reader can access by clicking on the "1" or "2" earlier in this sentence), I describe my patient Jordan, a 19-year-old with cystic fibrosis (CF) who was placed ...

The American Nurses Association developed a Code of Ethics for Nurses in the 1950s. It has been revised over the years to respond to technological advances and changes in society and the nursing field ...

The act ensures that when complications arise, physicians can provide the care their patients need. | Opinion ...