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In the United States, 29.6 million people with limited English proficiency ( LEP) fight to engage with the health care system.
Because of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services (ERDs), anyone who delivers their baby at a Catholic hospital will be unable to receive tubal ligation for contraceptive purposes at the hospital, regardless of any prior arrangements.
Obtaining informed consent in the medical setting concerns whether enough information has been disclosed to the patient and whether they can comprehend the risks of a procedure. Yet, a significant challenge to obtaining informed consent now emerges in the context of transformative experiences.
Legally preventing providers from practicing and providing gender-affirming care to their patients is unethical, and may have serious implications for health care providers who wish for nothing more than to fulfill their vocations to the best of their abilities.
Though Hawai‘i is often described as paradise and set the benchmark for the most affordable health care in the nation, its health care system has been in crisis well before COVID-19 and the Lahaina fires.
For those currently incarcerated, those with a history of incarceration, and their families and communities, incarceration leaves a lasting effect on health and well-being.
- Forced Organ Harvesting: A Decades-long Injustice in Need of International Accountability and Action
China has a long and concerning history of forced organ harvesting which is a clear social justice issue and a severe violation of patient autonomy. Citizens, political leaders, and international committees all play an essential role in ending this practice.
For Muslims living in the United States, determining when a patient has passed on, is not quite as straightforward as ticking a few boxes.
The fitness industry is focused too much on the prioritization of profit, glorification of false realities, and pervasiveness of misinformation, which all have repercussions on individual health and well-being.
The United States significantly outspends other developed countries on prescription medications, and the role of the pharmacy benefit manager is behind much of the extended costs.
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