A blog of the Emory University Center for Ethics and the Healthcare Ethics Consortium

“What Prevents Prevention?”

Much of our built environment simultaneously enables and holds us in check. Playgrounds constructed today must meet certain standards...

Although Hippocrates famously proclaimed “wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is a love of humanity,” the rationale for...

Technology is a paradoxical thing. Human beings are tool-making animals, and have always looked to their abilities to craft things from...

When I was growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the individual who epitomized the doctor’s doctor—the kind, compassionate, knowledgeable, and...

Prior to performing procedures, administering medications, or enrolling patients into clinical trials, physicians and other health care...

For the third time this week, you’ve been assigned to the ICU where Harold is on day 386 of mechanical ventilation. A young man, the...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes patients to progressively lose control of voluntary...

Walk into almost any public space and take a survey of the wrists. Chances are you will meet at least one Fitbit, Jawbone, Apple Watch,...

Among the most complex ethical decisions that clinical teams face are treatment decisions for “unrepresented patients.” These patients...

In our rapidly changing healthcare environment, there are significant ethical questions that address innovations in technology, the...

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