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Medical school prepares our future doctors to save lives. But with death being the endpoint for all of us, shouldn’t we be talking about it? Photo: Maria Luísa Queiroz/Unsplash
BIOETHICS

Let’s talk about death and dying

Medical school coursework includes teaching Western medicine’s standard ethical principle including discussions about patients’ rights, but what is not talked about is what death…

  • Heidi Matisonn
7 min read
An employee of the municipal company Veritas sprays disinfectant in public areas at the Rialto Bridge in Venice on March 11, 2020, as part of precautionary measures against the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Marco Sabadin/AFP)
ANALGESIA

Bioethics for the pandemic

Our existing ethical frameworks for healthcare decisions were not devised for a pandemic – and it shows

  • Judit Sándor
5 min read