The financial generosity of the pharmaceutical industry to provide funding for medical education tempts a compromise of professional standards and ethics.
In April 2002, many pharmaceutical companies adopted PhRMA code, an attempt to self-regulate the pharmaceutical industry's marketing to physicians and other health care professionals.
Residency program directors need to establish clear guidelines and policies to accommodate pregnant residents that foster a more conducive and supportive working environment for parents.
Residency program directors need to establish clear guidelines and policies to accommodate pregnant residents that foster a more conducive and supportive working environment for parents.
Refusals of psychotropic medication by detained criminal defendants raise conflicting dual loyalties for psychiatrists between the duty to treat a patient and the duty to protect society from that patient.
Medical students should not fear retribution for speaking up when a senior staff member is behaving in a manner that threatens a professional workplace environment.
Clinical case conferences are an important component to the medical school curriculum due to the critical thinking skills that are encouraged to develop.