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Patients with high spiritual support were more likely to receive aggressive end-of-life medical treatment, according to a recent study.
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"Risk-sharing" programs were developed because insurance companies generally do not cover the high costs of artificial reproductive technology (ART).
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Distributive justice is a primary ethical issue involving neurotechnologies.
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An IntegratedEthics model that was rolled out in 2000 by the Veterans Health Administration is based on the idea that quality health care includes ethics.
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There are multiple ethical issues related to caring for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP).
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The Affordable care Act is expanding access to health care by expanding Medicaid coverage and subsidizing health insurance policies available through health exchanges, but enrollment has been impeded by multiple factors.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to improve end-of-life care and encourage the use of palliative care.
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A group of bioethicists at New York Presbyterian Hospital implemented a new process to determine who can perform clinical ethics consults.
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Conflicts of interest are common among members of committees that produce clinical practice guidelines for specialty organizations, according to several recent studies.
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Moving donors from hospitals to a free-standing organ recovery center resulted in significantly reduced surgeon hours, air travel, and cost, according to a recent study which analyzed 915 liver transplants performed from 2001 to 2011.
