It is widely assumed that the use of medical care will lead to improvements in health, yet
questions remain about the medical system's contributions to health disparities. In this …

Importance Although implicit bias in medical training has long been suspected, it has been
difficult to study using objective measures, and the influence of sex and gender in the …

From 1940 to 1980, studies of medical education were foundational to sociology, but
attention shifted away from medical training in the late 1980s. Recently, there has been a …

Stresses on healthcare systems and moral distress among clinicians are urgent, intertwined
bioethical problems in contemporary healthcare. Yet conceptualizations of moral distress in …

Summary Background Shared Decision-Making (SDM) between patients and clinicians is
increasingly considered important. Treament Escalation Plans (TEP) are individualised …

Although most clinicians have come to perceive invasive life-sustaining treatments as overly
aggressive at the end of life, some of the public and greater proportions of some socially …

“See here,” he said, taking a saltshaker and pepper shaker and putting them side by
side.“This pepper shaker is our kind of hospital.... Let's call it an Ellis Island hospital. Such …

The routine implementation of Advance Care Planning (ACP) is now a prominent feature of
policy directed at improving end of life care in Australia. However, while complex ACP …

The United States relies on international and osteopathic medical graduates (“non-USMDs”)
to fill one third of residency positions because of a shortage of American MD graduates …

Background Shared decision-making (SDM) is increasingly expected in healthcare systems
prioritising patient autonomy. Treatment escalation plans (TEPs) outline contingency for …