The MMI is a way for premed students to demonstrate their thinking and ethical skills in front of a medical school admissions panel. The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) is one of the hardest parts of ...

A Memorial Hermann surgeon accused of altering records in a transplant database is one of just several stories stemming from Houston-area hospitals in recent memory that raise complicated questions ...

Holland Kaplan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Section of General Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In this Q&A with ...

Moral and ethical decisions come with the turf of being a doctor. Some of those decisions have massive consequences that affect people's lives forever. Other ethical issues, although not ...

One of the greatest challenges health systems face when it comes to digital transformation is striking a balance between leveraging advanced technology and maintaining patient privacy, data security ...

Linnea Rothi ’23 is neuroscience and biology double major with a minor in public health at Santa Clara University and a 2021-22 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

Author discusses the ethics of disclosing the cost of treatments to patients before prescribing them and weighing financial risk vs medical care. The practice of medicine requires high moral standards ...