Research Articles
When Healing Hurts: The Vital Ethics Behind Medical Practice
Exploring the intersection of medical progress and ethical responsibility through philosophy of medicine and bioethics.
The Blastocyst and the Balance Scale: Navigating the Ethics of Embryo Research
Exploring the profound ethical questions raised by embryonic research, balancing scientific potential with moral considerations.
The Science of Murder: How Forensics Unravels Homicides
Explore how forensic science transforms crime investigations through DNA analysis, fingerprint matching, ballistics, and other advanced techniques to solve homicides.
What Is Health? The Philosophy of Medicine Has Some Surprising Answers
Explore the fascinating philosophy of medicine and discover how we define health, disease, and illness through naturalist and normativist perspectives.
Brain Death: Medical Certainty or Ethical Dilemma?
Exploring the renaissance of criticism surrounding brain death determination and the role of legal medicine in interdisciplinary discussions.
Why Bioethics Must Embrace Justice: From Hospital Beds to Fair Societies
Exploring the paradigm shift in bioethics from individual consent to social justice, with data from the 2025 Social Justice Survey
J. Russell Elkinton: The Visionary Who Transformed Medical Publishing
Explore how J. Russell Elkinton revolutionized medical publishing through evidence-based medicine and peer review at Annals of Internal Medicine.
Pastoral Care in Context: How an Ancient Practice is Being Reinvented for Modern Communities
Explore how pastoral care is evolving from traditional clergy-centered models to holistic community-based approaches that integrate spiritual, psychological, and emotional support.
Gene Editing and Conservation: The Ethical Frontier of Rescuing Nature
Exploring the ethical debate, scientific breakthroughs, and decision-making frameworks surrounding gene editing technologies in conservation efforts.
Building Moral Compasses: How Ethics and Law are Shaping the Future of Biomedical Research
Exploring how interdisciplinary integration of ethics and law with biomedical science leads to more responsible breakthroughs and ethical scientific progress.