The theme editor introduces a theme issue focusing on the specialty of pediatrics, pediatric patients, and the parents of children with serious illnesses.
The editor for May, a student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, introduces this issue by explaining the seven moral tenets that guide Catholic health care.
The editor, whose interest in international health and medical ethics began after she volunteered at a rural health clinic in Haiti as an undergraduate, introduces an issue on medical student volunteerism abroad.