Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider?

Physicians must ask themselves ethical questions before recommending participation in phase I trials to patients.

Physicians must ask themselves ethical questions before recommending participation in phase I trials to patients.

Community-based participatory research ensures that community protections, risks, and benefits are considered during ethical reviews of research protocols.

When an unproven intervention is a nanodrug, a physician’s role is especially difficult due to possibilities of unprecedented harms.

Interprofessional collaboration is a vital part of medical education. When a medical student resists learning from a nurse-midwife on a rotation, how should an academic medical faculty member respond?

Physicians can help oncology patients decide whether to focus on aggressive chemotherapy or less aggressive comfort measures for end-of-life care.

Physicians can help oncology patients decide whether to focus on aggressive chemotherapy or less aggressive comfort measures for end-of-life care.

Physicians are obligated to inform patients involved in a clinical trial that there is a chance of receiving a placebo, which can result in a deterioration of a medical condition.

Physicians are obligated to inform patients involved in a clinical trial that there is a chance of receiving a placebo, which can result in a deterioration of a medical condition.