A clinical case shows how medical commercialism poses risks to patients without symptoms who get full body scans. Screening for pre-morbid disease detection is valuable if implemented correctly but calls for physician caution.

A hypothetical clinical case discusses patient demand for advanced diagnostics such as MRIs when physicians do not recommend such tests. Better patient education is the suggested approach.

Two physicians examine the risks of testing minor children for late-onset genetic diseases when there is no current benefit and explain why several medical associations oppose the practice.

A physician discusses how medical students should handle an interaction with a patient who has not yet received information from the physician regarding test results and their implications.

Physicians play an important consultative role in helping their seriously ill patients decide whether to participate in phase 1 clinical trials.

Drug donations to medically underserved areas should abide by principles of pharmaceutical donation such as those formulated by the WHO.

Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams.

Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams.

Professional, practical, clinical and cultural obligations should guide decision making when a funding agency restricts the types of counseling and advice it allows medical professionals to dispense.

Two physicians offer commentaries on the best course of action for a part-time janitor with no health insurance to receive the proper standard of care for his chronic recurrent prostatitis.