Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline.

Acknowledging the roles and views of the caregiver may be the first step to resolving disagreements between caregivers and clinicians over artificial nutrition at the end of life.

Research is needed on surrogates’ susceptibility to believing that clinical trials provide individual therapeutic benefit.

Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century.

Racial differences in preterm birth outcomes should be studied in an ecosocial context rather than a genetic context to combat racial stereotypes.

Viewing dementia as a distinct disease promotes funding for research but may stigmatize those who have dementia and lead to disinvestment in caregiving.

One major difficulty in collecting data on which to base injury prevention strategies is the lack of large epidemiologic studies and comprehensive injury surveillance.

A small but growing body of evidence suggests that worry about creating a burden on others is common among people who are near the end of life.

As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must address the health care needs of and be advocates for family caregivers of their patients with dementia.

This month, Virtual Mentor issue editor Rashmi Kudesia interviewed Sarah S. Richardson about the emerging field of “maternal effects,” that is, the study of the influences of a pregnant woman’s behavior, exposures, and physiology on her offspring’s future health and development.