Using children as research subjects is only ethical in very specific situations where the risk to the child is minimal.

Physicians have an obligation to report parents to the local Child Protective Services if they suspect that the parents are using corporal punishment as a form of discipline.

Two physicians assert that pharmaceutical companies' sponsorship of clinical conferences for residents and physicians represent a conflict of interest.

The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics provides ample guidance for the interactions between pharmaceutical companies and physicians.

An overview of new guidelines for preventing and managing hypertension.

In April 2002, many pharmaceutical companies adopted PhRMA code, an attempt to self-regulate the pharmaceutical industry's marketing to physicians and other health care professionals.

The editor discusses the ethical problems and conflicts of interest that arise when pharmaceutical companies are involved in continuing medical education.

A spoof on the Twelve Days of Christmas about the various gifts to physicians from industry.

Legal and ethical questions arise when a physician receives remuneration for prescribing a drug to a patient.

The ethical questions surrounding the recruitment of patients for clinical trials become more complicated when the recruiting physicians receive financial benefits for each patient enrolled.