Jokes about the medical profession.

An ethical case explores genetic screening and whether or not sharing test results with patients only, and not other family members who may be at risk, is sufficient.

A hospice volunteer describes her first day and her encounter with an elderly woman who is resisting a scheduled transfer to a nursing home.

The increasing application of pharmacogenomics will signal a need for major policy changes that address ways to maintain patient confidentiality and make the technology available to all members of society.

A caregiver recounts how the untimely death of her husband led her to become a hospice volunteer.

The journal editor believes that medical leaders must decide which interests of a national physician organization are of paramount importance, and only after such organizational clarity is achieved can the medical profession speak with a unified and coherent public voice.

The stethoscope exemplifies how physicians must balance the objective information obtained from medical technology with the patients' subjective experience of illness in order to make an accurate diagnosis.

Little-known trivia about the use of bones, tissues, and organs from donated bodies.

A pre-med student relates his family's experiences in trying to get his strong-willed grandfather to adhere to a strict medical care regimen for his chronic condition.

While ethical behavior is both desirable and necessary in medicine, requiring an ethics entrance exam as part of the medical school application process is not the best means to achieve that goal.