At their best, good systems allow space for the practical judgment of health care professionals to achieve justice in the particular actions of their daily practice.

There are many elements and much coordination involved in the design and implementation of an effective resident training program in systems-based practice.

Learn the risks and benefits associated with amniocentesis and the about the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology's current recommendation that the genetic test be offered to all pregnant women.

We must not pit immigration policy and health care needs against one another. We need better policy on immigration, and that policy should confront immigration at the workplace and at the border—not in the hospital emergency room.

Should a family’s ability to afford follow-up care for a child who needs “miracle surgery” play a role in the physician’s decision to operate? Would the answer change depending on the patient’s immigration status?

Unclear regulations and informal data gathering on immigrants who receive or donate organs can cause mistrust and suspicion of the organ allocation system and affect donation rates.

An exploration of the types of emergency medical care most used by undocumented immigrants in one study area and the preventive interventions that the study results suggest.

As a society that relies heavily on immigrant workers, we have a duty to provide members of that labor force with competent, compassionate medical care.

Discover practice options for physicians working in a county that provides no funding for non-emergency care of undocumented patients.

When a Public Health Service medical officer diagnosed an immigrant with a “loathsome or a dangerous contagious disease,” that individual was considered “medically certified.”