Patient-centered care means offering potentially beneficial interventions while avoiding retraumatizing a patient.

A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests.

Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.

Label analysis is key to educating patients about risks of vitamin A-containing supplements.

Increase in dietary supplement use in the United States suggests a great need for clinicians to be aware of the range of their quality parameters.

Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary supplements can have clinical and public health consequences.

Consider the origins of America’s cosmetic and supplement industry and the advertising practices that sustain it.

Marissa Chaet Brykman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Virginia Streusand Goldman, Dr Nandakumara Sarma, Dr Hellen A. Oketch-Rabah, Deborah Biswas and Dr Gabriel I. Giancaspro: “What Should Clinicians Know About Dietary Supplement Quality?”

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Long Have Supplements Promised to Make Us Slim, Sexy, and Virile?”

Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary can have clinical and public health consequences.