Teaching Medical Ethics in India

During the four weeks I've just spent in India (I'm at the Amsterdam airport now, on my way home) I asked two questions about ethics...

Responding to Medical Mistakes in India

For anyone interested in (a) India and (b) medical ethics, (c) the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME), which is available online , is t...

The Ethics of Hypnosis

I've been meaning to write about the ethics of hypnosis since reading Jane Brody's article in the New York Times several weeks ago....

Fixing American Healthcare - by Dr. Rich Fogoros

In October, when I belatedly came upon Dr. Rich Fogoros's "Covert Rationing" blog, I knew I'd found a kindred spirit. Even...

Ethics at the Swami Vivekananda Hospital

I'm in Mysore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, for eight days, at the Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies. The Institute is ...

Getting Patients More Involved with Health and Health Care

U.S. health policy leaders are desperate. Despite innumerable studies, policy proposals and conferences, population health statistics contin...

A Mild Wrist Slap for Pharma in India

Last month, before coming to India (where I am now) I wrote about the drug marketing scene. The posting gave a link to an article in the Ti...

Justice Cardozo on Trust and Professionalism

2008 overflowed with distressing stories about ethical lapses in medicine. In hope that the worst is over I wanted to open 2009 by discussin...