#medical-ethics

#medical-ethics

In the Netherlands in 1943, more than 6,200 Dutch doctors -97 percent of the profession-refused orders to register with the Nazi-controlled Chamber of Physicians. This registry was intended to force doctors to cooperate with racial and ableist screening, deportations, sterilization, and euthanasia policies.

Under a new law in Tennessee, doctors can refuse treatment based on their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, leading to a woman being denied prenatal care for being unmarried.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine prior to his overdose death, facing up to 40 years in prison. He was the fourth to plead guilty.

In 2022, NIST began the Cancer Genome in a Bottle program, aiming to sequence cancer genomes for improved detection and treatment accuracy, with expectations of results in a decade.

"The impact on me was extremely upsetting and damaging. I now suffer from anxiety and am seeing a therapist due to the abhorrent things Dr Cartland said about me. My reputation is everything. This has been a horrific experience."

The trial in Berlin centers on a doctor accused of murdering 15 patients under palliative care, facing serious charges that could lead to life imprisonment.

Prosecutors have charged the 40-year-old defendant with 15 counts of murder with premeditated malice and other base motives, seeking a life sentence for the crimes.

When Justice Samuel Alito challenged the ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on such claims during oral arguments, Strangio made a startling admission. He conceded that there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates.

Doctors at the Tabarre Hospital risk their safety to save lives amid a violent gang war, where chaos transforms Port-au-Prince into a combat zone.

"My Iranian name is Shadi, which means 'happiness' in Persian. When I immigrated to North America, I felt the need to adopt an English name as well."

"I'm her mother...I shouldn't be burying my daughter." - April Newkirk expressing the emotional impact of losing her daughter who was brain-dead while pregnant.

To read Rachel Clarke's The Story of a Heart is to experience an onslaught of often competing emotions, showcasing the medical marvels at play in tragic circumstances.

The letter warns health care providers to avoid relying on established professional guidelines and instead adhere to a controversial HHS review of gender dysphoria treatment.

A paramedic has been struck off the register after offering to remove a student's tampon during a medical emergency, demonstrating predatory behavior.

Dr. Patrick Clyne, a pediatrician accused of sexual abuse, has surrendered his medical license after two decades of allegations involving multiple child victims.

"Let me be plain: this is a grotesque distortion of medical ethics and human decency. That any law in Georgia could be interpreted to require a brain-dead woman's body to be artificially maintained as a fetal incubator is not only medically unsound, it is inhumane."

Imagine having to bring your two-year-old little girl into that operating table, having to leave her in the hands of the system, only to find out that the surgery, the pain, the learning how to walk again, that scar that she has on her hip, was now never, ever necessary.

Dr. Ernesto Torres has received disciplinary action from Florida’s Board of Medicine, permanently prohibiting him from performing Brazilian butt lift surgeries after a patient’s fatality.

Sybil Shainwald dedicated her career to advocating for women harmed by unsafe drugs, particularly those affected by diethylstilbestrol, transforming public awareness and legal standards.

The current approach for transgender youth is to affirm gender identity, but the new report calls that approach 'fundamentally misguided' and claims it harms young patients.

This week’s episode kicks off with a powerful story about an influencer who discovered his cancer through his baby's genetic testing, highlighting the unforeseen impacts of genetic health information.