This is the initial article in an ongoing, periodic Health Affairs Forefront symposium on the ethical implications of developments in the business of health care. Articles will consider the ethical ...

Isa Montes is a double major in Ethnic Studies and Political Science, and is a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her ...

Sydney Shelby ’25 is pursuing a double major in biology and public health with a minor in philosophy, and was a 2023-24 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are ...

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) ...

Over my four decades as a physician, I have learned that the ethics of care can completely transform a health system. It means recognizing that every act of care—whether directed toward a patient, a ...

Author discusses the ethics of disclosing the cost of treatments to patients before prescribing them and weighing financial risk vs medical care. The practice of medicine requires high moral standards ...

Whether by insurance or preference, Catholic health care’s presence in the United States is hard to ignore. In a recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the authors noted that 16 percent of ...

The association intends to promote Indigenous health and reconciliation while providing clearer guidance for physicians.