Guidelines for proceeding with a plan of care when family members have conflicting opinions about the patient’s wishes and the patient does not speak the same language as her physicians.

Although identical twin-to-twin skin grafting has resulted in excellent survival rates in burn patients, the nature and scope of ethical decision making in monozygotic sibling skin grafting needs further examination.

US attitudes toward aging drive patient demands for elective medical and surgical services. Ethical physicians must make sure patients have realistic expectations.

Clinical case and commentary on how physicians should respond when confronted by medication requests from parents of children with mood and concentration disorders.

Approximately two-thirds of men aged 50 and older diagnosed REM sleep behavior disorder develop neurologic disease, for which there is no prevention or treatment at present.

The patient appears to have decision-making capacity, has head trauma, a headache despite intoxication, and is irritable—and she refuses a CT scan of the head.

Consent sounds like a laborious process that requires much time. Actually discussing a procedure or exam with a patient doesn’t take much more time than it took to read this paragraph.

An overview of guidelines physicians may follow if they think a patient is likely to refuse a recommended diagnostic test.

Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care.

Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.