Opinion: Vaccine policy it is not a matter of autonomy at all, because infants do not decline vaccination — their parents do.

It’s a no-brainer that patients are on the internet, and it’s not all funny cat videos, restaurant recommendations, and career-related searches. Nearly 6 in 10 use the internet to search for medical ...

A panel co-hosted by Georgetown University’s Disability Cultural Center, School of Health, School of Medicine and Berkley School of Nursing emphasized disability inclusion in medicine through ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among high-risk patients, discussion of do-not-resuscitate orders should take place prior to hospitalization, as ...

Providing Autonomy and Respect: A Primer on Patient Rights "At their core, patient rights aim to ensure that patients are treated with dignity and respect," write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.

Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping to his upper lip: “No, I will not get vaccinated. And nothing you do or say will change that fact.” He provided no ...

In Parts 1 and 2 of this post (which the reader can access by clicking on the "1" or "2" earlier in this sentence), I describe my patient Jordan, a 19-year-old with cystic fibrosis (CF) who was placed ...

Last month, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill lawmakers passed called “Deb’s Law” that enables terminally ill patients to request a prescription from their doctor to end their lives.