The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care.

The Canadian Supreme Court has determined that the ban imposed by Quebec on the use of private medical insurance violated the province's Charter of Rights.

The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care.

Governmental budget reductions in Medicaid and other programs will have a highly negative affect on the health care safety net that serves millions of low-income, uninsured, and publicly insured patients.

Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care.

Two physicians explain the indications for the use of several diagnostic tools for the evaluation of a solitary pulmonary nodule.

The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care.

A rural physician who is faced with treating patients outside of his area of specialization should confer with the necessary specialists and make every effort to help patients get the specific care that they need.

Newly arrived immigrants seeking health care in the United States encounter several problems including language, cultural, societal, and logistic barriers.

As health care coverage decreases and costs increase, the stage is being set for health care reform that includes adoption of a single payer health care financing plan.