Category: Ethics

Clinical Correlations


Why Aren’t Patients Using Advance Directives?

By Abigail Maller, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Advance directives are a means for patients to communicate their wishes regarding medical decisions to their families and health care professionals once they are unable to make these decisions themselves. These documents, together with the assignment …

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In Sickness and In Health

Ethics 7 min read

By Xiao Jing Wang

Faculty Peer Reviewed

ML is from Fu Zhou, China. She doesn’t speak much English and works in her family’s clothing store as a sales girl. ML is only one year older …

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