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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 60 million people, representing 20% of the United States population, live in rural areas within the country. From a medical ethics perspective, rural areas face a broad range of health and health care challenges which must be addressed. There are increasingly dramatic physician...Read More

Compassion is widely recognized as a critical and fundamental element of ethical medical practice. Although this trait is not included among the four traditional pillars of medical ethics, which are autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice, it is perhaps the most important value in the field of medical ethics and in...Read More