Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors.

When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment.

Although the State Children's Health Insurance Plan was enacted to provide health care to children who are uninsured or are not eligible for Medicaid, a number of factors are preventing the system from meeting the health care needs of all of the nation's children.

Personal exemptions from mandatory vaccination requirements ensure peaceful coexistence between personal autonomy and social responsibility.

Adolescents should receive comprehensive sex education that includes information about both sexual abstinence and contraception.

A physicians urges pediatricians to discuss the risks of engaging in sexual behavior with adolescents and encourage them to practice abstinence.