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The author discusses the ethics of rescue medicine. The author states that in tragic situations, rescue medicine renews hope and has the power to restore faith in human beings. The author notes that despite strong positive emotions, rescue efforts provoke chaos. The author mentions that when rescue medicine prevents other values such as long-term care and universal access to health care, it becomes unjust and an irrational system for allocating health care.

The author offers insights on the use and necessity of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), in response to the article "Irrational Exuberance: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as Fetish" by P. M. Rosoff and L. J. Schneiderman, published within the issue. Topics explored include the perception of healthcare providers, patients, and the media on CPR, the need to consider patient outcomes associated with the procedure, and the need to respect wishes and values of the patient before performing CPR.

The article discusses expanded access programs describing the usage of experimental therapy that benefits research participants. Topics discussed information on Food and Drug Administration's approval of nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), justification for patient selection criteria on the bases of utilitarian and deontological arguments, and incremental improvement in well-being.

Focuses on the functions of the theory of professionalism in the medical setting. Resolution of ethical problems; Exposure of invidious bias; Gain of a broader perspective.

Evaluates the ethical rationale of exploiting human subjects for testing a new treatment when a proven treatment exists for a given condition. Conditions for assuming that research subjects are not being exploited in clinical trials; Definition of the term exploitation; Requirements for constituting fair terms for interacting with human research subjects.

Deals with ethical problems of medical practice. Diverse practice of healthcare ethics consultation; Significance of making rules of interpretation and perception explicit in detecting sexism in ethics consultation; Cases which illustrate instances where sexist attitudes emerge in complex rules of action and perception.

The article discusses issues concerning the use of prudential life approach to health care provision to patients. Topics covered include the impact of the approach on patients with severe dementia as well as the implications of the approach to protect researchers from bias samples. Also mentioned is the risk associated with the use of this approach.