Medical Ethics

Evergreen Books

Midwives, published in 1997, is Chris Bohjalian’s tightly focused novel that uses a single inciting incident to explore grief, belief, and the fragile boundary between legalit...

conscientious-objection

This evergreen explainer is for medics who decline to carry a gun and for colleagues and leaders who support them. It grounds the topic in ethical rights, legal protections, rea...

Celebrity Profiles

Larry Nassar presented himself as a sports medicine physician providing routine musculoskeletal care, but his treatments consistently violated standard medical practice and expl...

culture

The Big Sick is based on the real-life relationship between comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon, blending documentary-style humor with the drama of a severe me...

Relationships

Conjoined twins, historically called Siamese twins, do not automatically die together. Their shared anatomy and vital organs mean that one twin’s death can critically endanger...

healthcare-ethics

Images and videos of a woman giving birth communicate powerful emotion and physical reality, but they also raise serious questions about context, consent, and dignity. In clinic...

Celebrity Profiles

Switched at birth refers to a rare but impactful event in which two infants are accidentally given to the wrong families after delivery. A switched at birth ally is someone who...

human-interest

Joy and Joyce conjoined twins represent a durable subject of human curiosity, illustrating how shared anatomy shapes medical, social, and personal experiences. This explainer ou...

Relationships

Conjoined twins are rare individuals who develop from a single fertilized egg that does not fully separate, resulting in shared body structures and organ systems. Whether conjoi...

Celebrity Profiles

"Dr Death" refers to the real-life case of physician-assisted suicide involving a Texas doctor whose actions sparked national legal and ethical debates. This evergreen explainer...