Biomedical ethics is an interdisciplinary field that examines moral issues surrounding healthcare practices such as clinical research, patient care, and health policy making. It encompasses...
In medicine, it is essential to consider all aspects of a patient's life that may influence their health, including their sexual orientation and gender identity. These can be complicated and...
The practice of sterilizing queer individuals has been part of human history for centuries, with various groups around the world subjecting LGBTQ+ people to forced surgeries, drugs, and hormones that...
Medical practitioners play an important role in ensuring that their patients receive quality healthcare services without experiencing discrimination based on their gender identity or sexual...
Intersex individuals are those who have reproductive organs that do not fit within the standard categories of "male" or "female". They may have characteristics of both sexes, neither sex, or a...
Scarce medical resources are limited resources that must be shared among many people in need. Marginalized sexual and gender populations include groups such as LGBTQIA+ individuals, sex workers,...
Moral philosophy is the study of what makes actions right or wrong and how people can be motivated to do good things. It covers issues related to ethics, morality, justice, responsibility,...
This article examines how the lack of recognition of nonbinary identities within the healthcare system can result in discrimination, misdiagnosis, and mistreatment of nonbinary patients. Nonbinary...
Sexual orientation is a personal choice that individuals make for themselves and should be respected as such. Medical practitioners must uphold their professional duty to provide care without...
Medical professionals must be aware that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. Each patient has unique needs and preferences when it...