Evidence continues to point to the fact that Hamas has been able to exploit the protected status of hospitals, granted under international humanitarian law, in order to wage aggression against Israel ...

The American Medical Association's (AMA’s) Code of Medical Ethics says it plainly: physicians are to sustain life but also to relieve suffering; and where one duty conflicts with the other, then the ...

A few years ago, plastic surgeon Edmond Cabbabe, MD, was preparing for a follow-up cosmetic procedure on his wife. Mercy Hospital South, a major hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, had put her on the ...

Two women have told the ABC they believe the health regulator is failing to acknowledge the power imbalance between doctors and patients.

Lawyer and human rights advocate Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III welcomed the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) Board of ...

TORONTO (AP) — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government assistance, and grieving new widows. All of them requested to be killed ...

There are things to like about the Code of Conduct that the Supreme Court promulgated earlier this month. It is a bona fide code of conduct—one that, in the main, tracks the Code of Conduct for U.S.

A Florida doctor, Jose Jacob, was arrested for alleged battery after a patient accused him of inappropriate conduct during a medical exam. Investigators uncovered past allegations, including a 2017 ...

Medical experts stress that obtaining patient consent is a legal and ethical duty. Patients have the right to refuse care, ...