Human rights
Gaza Health, medicine, and the conflict in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank The BMA is deeply concerned by the...
Health Law and Medical Ethics
AI in healthcare: legal and ethical considerations at the new frontier
Whilst the EU Commission’s guidelines5, published in July 2025, offer some insight as to the compute threshold at which downstream...
The Adriana Smith Case Was an Ethical Disaster
In the early hours of June 13, a baby was born to a brain-dead woman in Atlanta. That woman, Adriana...
Boon or burden? Artificial intelligence comes to paediatrics
Artificial intelligence is disrupting health care in a number of ways, but questions remain around how paediatricians can ethically integrate...
When law, humanity, and medical ethics collide
Byron Black died on 5 August 2025 in a Tennessee execution chamber, strapped to a gurney, a large dose of...
Abuse of medical profession: When ethics are violated in the Treatment Room
In recent years, Indonesia’s healthcare sector has been shaken by cases of ethic and norm violations that tarnish the image...
Nurses & Providers Can Now Refuse Procedures That Conflict With Their Beliefs in TN
Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee signed the Medical Ethics Defense Act into law on April 24, 2025. This new legislation is...
Medical laws and ethics: What to do when conflicts occur
There are times when practicing physicians may encounter a situation where what a law requires conflicts with what the AMA Code...
I. Glenn Cohen – Petrie-Flom Center
People Faculty Director, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, and Deputy Dean Prof. Cohen is one of the...
