An attending physician in an urban teaching hospital faces an ethical dilemma when a mother refused to allow an African American medical student to examine her child.

An interview with a lawyer, who became the poster child for a patient's right to refuse treatment when he suffered severe burns as a young man, discusses the importance of good communication skills in the patient-physician relationship.

A physician describes the case of a woman with delusional parasitosis and his decision to share her diagnosis with her psychiatrist but not with her.

The editor believes the patient-physician relationship is impacted by naming conventions for physicians.

Those conducting Western-style clinical trial research in developing countries must consider the manner in which ethical principals are implemented within local standards of care.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis raises ethical and moral concerns about using one person as a means to save another, especially as highlighted in recent cases where parents have more children in the hopes of saving a sick child.

A family physician enters into contract with a clinical research organization to recruit patients. As a clinical investigator, she is paid for each patient she recruits. Ethical questions for discussion are raised.

A new Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs policy explicitly forbids physicians-in-training from practicing life-saving interventions on newly deceased individuals without consent.

Little-known trivia about race, ethnicity, and the patient-physician relationship.

A Peace Corps physician working in Eastern Africa relates in his latest online journal entry some humorous anecdotes about his experiences there.