Ethics & Medicine > Clinical Ethics Dilemma

Personal Choices and Future Medical Need

Posted on August 31, 2023April 25, 2025 by Robert D. Orr, MD, CM and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr, MD, MA (Bioethics)

Should this man with alcoholism be considered for liver transplantation?

Aggressive Interventions for an Infant with Thanatophoric Dysplasia

Posted on December 1, 2022May 22, 2025 by Sara S. Manetta, MD, Peter D. Murray, MD, MSM, HEC-C and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr, MD, MA (Bioethics)

What medical and surgical treatments should be offered to an infant with a birth diagnosis that portends a lifetime of chronic problematic therapeutic needs?