Computer physician order entry has been shown to decrease medical errors and increase the safety of patients and productivity of hospital staff.

A journal author calls for physicians to admit to and repent for their medical mistakes, even in a no-blame environment.

The National Practitioner Data Bank attempts to help maintain a level of quality and safety assurance by providing data on the clinical competence of physicians.

Physicians need to manage parental treatment decisions when the decisions conflict with medical judgment.

Physicians can ethically withhold information in situations where full disclosure of a diagnosis or treatment would cause great psychological harm to the patient.

Physicians should not refuse to perform a medical procedure because of an emotionally charged reaction to the patients' behavior.

A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication.

Physicians must maintain a delicate balance between patient autonomy and preventing harm when faced with patients who refuse treatment.

Managed health care, with its strong focus on cost efficiency, has added more medical paternalism to patients' screening, diagnosis, and treatment.

In cases where a parent is denying life-saving medical treatment, physician paternalism can step in to help provide the proper care to the patient.