Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast

Art Caplan and James Tallon discuss their view of changes in the past 5 to 6 years, the route we have to take going forward, and the role of physicians in achieving improvements.

Mitochondrial transplants raise some ethical issues, one being that a baby will have three biological parents. A leading bioethicist asks, 'What's wrong with that?'

Vaccination rates are dropping, which endangers many. Some politicians don't favor mandating vaccinations, saying it's the parents' choice. Is this wise?

Bioethicist Art Caplan interviews Jonathan Moreno, whose psychiatrist father was one of the pioneers of psychodrama. He compares this to the role of social networks.

Physicians increasingly are using smartphones to monitor patients with life-threatening conditions and to diagnose more common conditions such as earaches.

Personalized medicine will take some time to live up to its promise, but meanwhile, many concerns and potential problems are likely to arise.

When a person is dying, there may be lots of pressure to give access to drugs still in development. This happened during the recent Ebola outbreak. But there are serious pros and cons to doing this.

Facebook and Apple say they will pay for women to freeze their eggs, supposedly a perk for those who are delaying childbearing. Who thinks this is ethical? asks bioethicist Art Caplan.

A 29-year-old woman with brain cancer has moved to Oregon and vowed to kill herself, with her doctor's help. Her youth and appeal may change the nature of the debate on physician-assisted suicide.

A leading bioethicist says that in order to combat Ebola, we need more information than we normally expect about where people have been and the care they have received.