Category: Medical Ethics
So it is with interest that I see reading boingboing that lots of people are upset because some doctors are forcing their patients not to rate them on sites like RateMD.com by having them sign a contract forbidding them from doing so.
The arguments for and against this practice are fascinating. We tread into the mucky waters of free speech, free enterprise, the practice of medicine, and the practical problem of assessing physician quality...
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Posted by MarkH at 10:30 AM • 30 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
Ok, really, it's bloggingheads.tv. Dr. Free Ride from Adventures in Ethics and Science invited me for a chat about ethics,...
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Posted by PalMD at 8:55 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
We've talked quite a bit about ethics in this space, especially medical ethics and "blog ethics". Today, though, we will...
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Posted by PalMD at 1:00 PM • 32 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
The best ethical questions are real ones. Sure, it's fun to play the lifeboat game, but when you're dealing with...
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Posted by PalMD at 2:29 PM • 37 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
This article is cross-posted at Science-Based Medicine. Check it out. --PalMD In a previous post, I argued that placebo is...
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Posted by PalMD at 4:10 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
Ok, I pulled my post while considering ethical issues, viz this conversation: Dianne, PAL: I'm out of my depth here,...
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Posted by PalMD at 9:21 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Medical Ethics
Once again, I find myself straying into a political issue (although I'd argue that it's more a human rights issue)....
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Posted by PalMD at 7:34 PM • 44 Comments •
Category: Medicine
This story is disturbing for a host of reasons, but there's a medical ethics issue hiding in here. Apparently, if...
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Posted by PalMD at 5:38 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Religious Extremism
I've written often about the ethics of doctors and pharmacists imposing their own morals on their patients and customers. Our...
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Posted by PalMD at 5:00 PM • 61 Comments •
Category: Medicine
I've written a number of times about how a physician must be careful not impose his or her personal beliefs...
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Posted by PalMD at 5:38 PM • 45 Comments •
Mark Hoofnagle has a MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.
