A case study of nephrologists examines physicians' attitudes towards patients in advanced stages of kidney disease and how these attitudes affect the end-of-life care the patient receives.
A patient recounts his experience volunteering for a clinical research study that required hospitalization for collection of several fluid and tissue specimens.
When patients and physicians disagree on the use of genetic engineering technology, physicians must act in accordance with professional ethics and society's guidelines.
An ethical case describes an elderly patient who becomes disoriented and combative when left alone at night and the subsequent use of restraints without informing her family.