It is now widely invoked in health care. Numerous studies have shown that levels of moral distress among clinicians are high, ...

a health and sciences professor at Brock University, told me. In the latter half of the 19th century, young people signaled their moral virtue by taking temperance pledges. The original temperance ...

But it has become a moment of wider reflection on health care in America, and why so many patients feel the system is broken. Philosopher Nicole Hassoun researches health care and human rights.

To put it simply, ethics represents the moral code that guides a person’s choices and behaviors throughout their life. The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is ...

Persistent moral distresses that go unaddressed can lead ... such as the case of the 6-month-old child, are ubiquitous in health care. Patients, their families and clinicians need to be able ...

It is now widely invoked in health care. Numerous studies have shown that levels of moral distress among clinicians are high, with 58% of pediatric and neonatal intensive care clinicians in a ...