Geriatric psychiatry offers stable career prospects and opportunities to express humanitarian impulses by working closely with elders.

Dr Steven Starks joins Ethics Talk to discuss the shortage of geriatric psychiatrists and how cross-specialty training can prepare clinicians of all specialties to care for geriatric patients.

Dr Rajesh R. Tampi joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Aarti Gupta and Iqbal Ahmed: “Why Does the US Overly Rely on International Medical Graduates in Its Geriatric Psychiatric Workforce?”

A description and explanation of the distinguishing characteristics of depression, delirium, and dementia in elderly patients.

Description of the signs and symptoms of viral meningitis and how to treat it.

Two physicians explore the issues surrounding prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment as they relate to obese men.

The Moseley study found no significant difference between those in the arthroscopic lavage and debridement arm of the study and those in the sham surgery arm.

If a physician worries that a treatment will benefit the patient through the placebo effect, should he perform it?

Today’s great doctors are part of a long tradition of physicians who have valued the art of medicine and married attention to the patient with rigorous medical investigation.

Use of decision-support systems can improve quality of patient care in residency training programs if the resident physician users participate in the development and routine revision of those systems.