Racial integration in American organized medicine was very slow to come, and many wrongs were committed in the name of reunifying the country's doctors after the Civil War.

Some of the most profound and enduring effects of society’s racial attitudes on medicine and public health are health disparities between racial groups.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on end-of-life decision making.

Media coverage of a sympathetic person's illness experience can trigger changes in public opinion and even public policy.

Elderly persons should not be excluded from participation in clinical trials for cardiovascular drugs since that population comprises the largest number of patients with cardiovascular disease.

Until the twentieth century, there was no specialized medical care pertaining to aging.

It would be unwise medically, economically, or ethically to ignore medical details and rely instead on crude placeholders such as age in attempting to use resources most efficiently and effectively.

The Nursing Home Reform Act and the Elder Justice Act were enacted to address abuse of elderly patients in nursing homes.

When a disaster occurs at home or abroad, Americans give generously, and volunteers support many important community services. Yet proposals to spend taxpayer money on services for people who are poor, hungry, homeless, or just frail and elderly are resisted vigorously.

Is an overburdened at-home caregiver the physician’s responsibility?