Medicines, vaccines, medical devices, and blood are commonly used to treat disease. Medicines deserve a special focus because almost any medical visit ends with at least one prescription. So, monitoring the safety and effectiveness of therapeutic treatments and procedures is crucial at both the...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) intends to take American health care in a new direction by focusing on preventive medicine and wellness-based treatment. But, in doing so, it does not adequately take into account the potential contribution of complementary and alternative...

When an industry undergoes fundamental structural changes, such as those currently reshaping health care, its ethical foundations are apt to be restructured as well. Existing assumptions about professional obligations, duties of care to different constituencies, and the role of the industry in...