Yeongchi Wu, a physiatrist who worked for two decades for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is recognized as a role model for his many inventions to help people with disabilities and for championing the needs of amputees.

A bioethicist who had thyroid cancer as a child describes his recent positive experience as an adult patient with his surgeon and how his surgeon's bioethics training helped the patient-physician relationship.

Two poems about a physician's experiences with a patient's death.

The journal editor addresses the lack of core competencies in the areas of ethical and compassionate care in both medical school and post-graduate training.

The authors of a systematic review of 130 clinical trials conclude that there is no justification for the use of placebos as therapeutic treatment outside of clinical trials.

A physician recommends the implementation of institutional do-not-resuscitate policies for end-of-life care.

An ethical case explores physicians' responsibility to provide quality care to their patients within the limitations of insurance reimbursements.

Many physicians and administrators at participating hospitals are pleased with the results. The reality shows, they say, counteract the glamorized portrayals in dramas such as ER that create unrealistic expectations for survival and recovery from trauma.

Little-known trivia about medical acronyms and how their meaning can vary based on context.

The media helps shape the general public's perception of the American Medical Association as the emblem of organized medicine.