Dr Daphne Mlachila joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Should Clinicians and Researchers in Government Respond to Threats to Their Offices?”
Professor Wendy E. Parmet joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Claudia E. Haupt: “Holding Clinicians in Public Office Accountable to Professional Standards.”
Dr Isabelle Freiling joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Nicole M. Krause and Dr Dietram A. Scheufele: “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation.”
Physicians have a responsibility to assess elderly patients for conditions that could affect their ability to drive safely and to be familiar with state laws that govern physician duty to report impaired drivers.
When patients request drugs for nonmedical reasons, the most effective intervention may be to explore with the patient his or her reasons for using drugs to make lifestyle changes.