Preventing coronary artery disease should be a top priority as the disease incidence increases with an aging population, but the condition can be managed with both medical and surgical treatments supported by lifestyle changes.
Although recent studies have shown a correlation between clinical depression and heart disease in males, proper management with antidepressants can help prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Dr Kelly Gillespie joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Taleed El-Sabawi: “When Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Gets Disrupted by Extra-Clinical Variables, How Should Clinicians Respond?”
A case that describes how treatment decisions for a seriously ill baby should consider the advice and recommendations of the medical team as well as the parental preferences for the child's care.
Physicians need to exhaust every possible alternative to bring about political changes before resorting to breaking the law as an act of civil disobedience.
Physicians need to exhaust every possible alternative to bring about political changes before resorting to breaking the law as an act of civil disobedience.