Research shows that the quality of mother-child relationships greatly influences children's development socially, emotionally and academically. Although previous studies have demonstrated the ...

Physicians are taught to respect individuals' autonomy, guiding decision-making for their medical care beneficently, without maleficence, and justly. What do we do when patients make potentially ...

Rather than opposing any and all coercion, we should recognize the necessity — in many cases, at least — of affirmative ...

Patient rights are a fundamental aspect of modern health care, encapsulating key ethical principles and legal protections for individuals receiving medical care. These rights have evolved over the ...

A recent article published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry by an international group of expert clinicians and researchers offers one of the clearest and most ethically grounded ...