Decisions in contemporary medicine can be complex and overwhelming. An ethics consultation service helps patients and doctors navigate value-laden conflict and uncertainty and helps determine which ...

An ethics consultation service assists patients, doctors and members of the patient’s care team to navigate value-laden conflict and uncertainty and helps determine which actions should or should not ...

Our fellows’ day varies depending on whether they are “on-service” or “on-call” or not. When a fellow is on-service, he or she is working in our hospitals doing clinical activities. “Clinical ...

Source: Getty Images Ethics consultants begin by identifying and clarifying the conflict to ensure it is related to ethics. “That’s unethical!” So begins many a conversation (or sometimes maybe just ...

As the role of clinical ethics consultation in health care advances, there are calls to standardize the process of consultation. The Ethics Committee at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) ...

In the following sections, we highlight ethical concerns about early adoption of molecular diagnostic testing without solid evidence or guidelines and offer practical guidance for ethical ...