A bioethicist who had thyroid cancer as a child describes his recent positive experience as an adult patient with his surgeon and how his surgeon's bioethics training helped the patient-physician relationship.

Those conducting Western-style clinical trial research in developing countries must consider the manner in which ethical principals are implemented within local standards of care.

A Peace Corps physician working in Eastern Africa relates in his latest online journal entry some humorous anecdotes about his experiences there.

A new Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs policy explicitly forbids physicians-in-training from practicing life-saving interventions on newly deceased individuals without consent.

Two poems about a physician's experiences with a patient's death.

Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who reviewed and twice rejected a drug application for Thalidomide while working at the FDA, is credited for protecting pregnant women in the US and their unborn children.

A physician recommends the implementation of institutional do-not-resuscitate policies for end-of-life care.

A Peace Corps physician in Africa describes in his latest online journal entry the immense toll that HIV/AIDS is exacting on the people and economy of several African nations.

An ethical case explores physicians' responsibility to provide quality care to their patients within the limitations of insurance reimbursements.

The journal editor addresses the lack of core competencies in the areas of ethical and compassionate care in both medical school and post-graduate training.