Joyce O'Shaughnessy, MD, reflects on the important principle of patient autonomy and how, as a younger clinician, she encountered a patient with breast cancer who refused early intervention with ...

Patient rights are a fundamental aspect of modern health care, encapsulating key ethical principles and legal protections for individuals receiving medical care. These rights have evolved over the ...

The use of technology to bolster patient autonomy might suit American sensibilities more than others. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To ...

May is the month most American medical students finally see four years of grueling work bear fruit. Most U.S. medical schools hold commencement exercises in May, conferring "doctor of medicine" ...

April 2, 2004 — Life-sustaining treatment decisions in patients who have lost their decision-making capacity must first and foremost respect the autonomy of the patient and/or the immediate family, ...

Ethical analysis of population health management calls for a communitarian vs individual approach, starting with reconceiving “covered lives” as “patient communities.” US health care has long sought ...

Accurate diagnosis, patient education, and collaborative decision making between patients and providers empowers patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to take their health into their own hands ...

The Effect of Mental Illness on Autonomous Decision-Making Capacity. One key tenet of medical ethics is respect for patient autonomy. Respect for autonomy generally requires treating patients as ...

Terminally ill people have autonomy in our lives, we must also have a choice in how we die, writes Shafaq Sikandar The House ...