Unclear regulations and informal data gathering on immigrants who receive or donate organs can cause mistrust and suspicion of the organ allocation system and affect donation rates.

When combined with motivation to provide good care, uncertainty about how to do so for patients who are excluded from key public insurance provisions can give rise to workarounds. Their practical and ethical complexities should be recognized when considering how to best serve immigrant communities.

Regularly scheduled dialysis is not standard of care for most undocumented immigrants in the United States, so preventative care, and advocacy for it, is needed.

A plastic surgeon criticizes reality television programs that focus on plastic surgery for their less-than-realistic depictions of cosmetic procedures and the profession as a whole.

William Heisel, an investigative reporter with the Los Angeles Times, is interviewed about how medicine and the media can work better together to provide accurate and responsible health news to the public.

Ten criteria for how the media should report on new health care ideas or new claims for old health care ideas are examined.

A physician reporter discusses his dual role as a public figure and educator on medical and heath care issues.

Reality television programs that focus on cosmetic surgery show misguided viewers that such procedures are the key to emotional health and well-being.

Reliable supply of quality-assured medicines is hard to maintain in refugee camps in low- and middle-income countries with conflict zones.