Hospitals are protected spaces under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, and are further safeguarded by WHO standards, which prohibit military or security force ...

Dr. Richard Pines groomed boys like Tom Croft, pictured, who were either patients or foster children, according to court ...

The professional code of conduct forms part of a broader governmental effort to ensure the healthy development of the elderly care sector and safeguard the rights of the elderly.

Medical negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a Lagos hospital of negligence ...

The announcement follows several prominent cases of Army doctors taking indecent liberties with patients behind closed doors.

Some medical errors are unreported or even unknown to patients. Only those that result in severe complications and death are ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Medical Student Code of Professional Conduct outlines the professional behaviors expected of all medical students. Reason ...

This month’s issue of Journal of Medical Ethics features a symposium on ‘neuro rights’ and the ‘right to mental integrity’. Medical ethics and the law have long recognised bodily rights—motivating ...

NASA is preparing to conduct the first-ever medical evacuation from space, a historic milestone in human spaceflight and astronaut safety. This operation aims to safely transport an ill or injured ...

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has launched investigations into doctors from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) who claimed to have witnessed or certified alleged ...

Focussing on proper health services and medical education, the UP government is set to conduct large-scale recruitment for teaching and technical positions in government medical colleges in the new ...