Imagine a frail, 91-year-old patient who is ill and approaching the end of life. When she was brought into the Emergency Department, she told the nurse, “Don’t let them put me on machines,” but her ...

As we learned from Dr. Lawrence’s recent article, the Mission Ethics Committee has a long and storied past. Dr. Lawrence with David Blackmon helped build a robust and long-lasting group that was ...

Gov. Mike DeWine’s decisions to veto parts of one measure passed in December by the General Assembly but to sign another illustrate how – and how not – the Senate and Ohio House of Representatives ...

In this special episode Molly Gamble talks to Jeanne Wirpsa, Medical Ethics and Research Chaplain at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Here, they discuss how to be compassionate and comforting in the ...

TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF) announced today that the University Health Network Research Ethics Board ...

The role of an ethics committee is to give advice on what should be done in often contentious situations. They are used in medicine, research, business, law and a variety of other areas. The word ...