The authors of a recent journal article believe that most doctors and clinical trial sponsors would not object to changes in regulations requiring doctors to disclose financial incentives to their patients.
The Internet has changed the patient-physician relationship but may actually help that relationship become more equally balanced in terms of information flow.
The use of in vitro fertilization has resulted in excess frozen embryos, whose fate has yet to be determined due to the absence of legislation or regulation.
Role-modeling of more senior physicians by junior physicians perpetuates outdated paradigms in medicine, and the patient-centered care urged by society today would be better accomplished through mentoring.
Three reports considered by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs are described, along with the process for revising the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics and trivia about contraceptive use.
A physician advocate who has taken public advocacy stances against the federal government while employed by the government talks about the conflicts that arise between medicine and politics.