People often participate in clinical trials because they are hoping to receive medical benefits from the treatment or to help future patients — a form of medical altruism.Sometimes, people ...

Sometimes you come across a piece of writing so good, you just want to hang it up and become a plumber instead. The speech below, delivered to the Yale Medical School class of 2011, is one of those.

Reformed health care?You bet.Much has been and written about medical rationing, overuse of medical technology, accountability of physicians’ performance, health insurance business and legal factors.

In U.S. medical culture, altruism is a fundamental ethical value, holding that medical workers should put the patient before all other interests. “There is an oath—they are basically swearing to do ...

Altruism raises the overall value of providing care. ... PhD is an assistant professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and internist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Duke University Medical Center. (2007, January 22). Activation Of Brain Region Predicts Altruism. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 01 ...

Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that activation of a particular brain region predicts whether people tend to be selfish or altruistic.

According to Medscape's 2022 medical student lifestyle report, 87 percent of medical school students said a desire to help people in need was among the top reasons they chose medical school, while 57 ...

Gratitude does more than help maintain good health. New research at the University of Oregon finds that regularly noting feelings of gratitude in a journal leads to increased altruism. The study ...

The science of ‘extraordinary altruism’ : Shots - Health News Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a ...