Physicians should use evidence-based guidelines as a starting point to make sound clinical treatment decisions for a patient's individual medical needs.
Residents and attending physicians have an ethical responsibility to speak up if there is a concern that a colleague lacks clinical skills and is providing inadequate patient care.
Doctor and parents have conflicting views and wishes in designing treatment plan for an 18-month-old child, critically ill with a rare form of pediatric cancer.
Residents and attending physicians have an ethical responsibility to speak up if there is a concern that a colleague lacks clinical skills and is providing inadequate patient care.
Two physicians offer commentary on the ethical issues that arise from medical students performing an invasive procedure on the newly dead as part of their medical training.
Two physicians offer commentary on the ethical issues that arise from medical students performing an invasive procedure on the newly dead as part of their medical training.
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.