Within the organized field of medicine, population medicine is encompassed in the American Board of Medical Specialties-recognized medical specialty rubric of preventive medicine. [5] In 2009, ACPM ...

Medical ethics is a pivotal field that provides guidance for the conduct of medical professionals and ensures the integrity of medical practice, protecting the interests of all patients. Misconduct ...

Political bias in healthcare threatens patient trust as medical professionals reportedly put ideology before their ethical ...

The Hippocratic oath serves as a mission statement for physicians, articulating principles that guide their work. Its tenets include beneficence, nonmaleficence and confidentiality, but they are often ...

Though responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for the past few years, there has not yet been significant adoption of laws or regulations aimed specifically at ...

The researchers have developed a multilevel ethical responsibility framework designed to address the diffusion of accountability in medical AI. The model organizes responsibility across three ...

Linnea Rothi ’23 is neuroscience and biology double major with a minor in public health at Santa Clara University and a 2021-22 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

Ethical principles are especially pertinent to the conduct of professionals in psychology and psychiatry. The hard work comes when principles are in conflict, and clinicians must consider what values, ...

Many conflicts in medicine, both clinical and population, result in moral dilemmas for physicians. For example, patient privacy and confidentiality in clinical medicine are sometimes violated for ...