A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests.

Interprofessional education facilitates health care team members’ communication, which impacts patient care, and thus is relevant to medical ethics.

Effective interprofessional collaboration and patient care require understanding team members’ roles and responsibilities and clear communication.

What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early?

An emerging medical ethics issue is whether to delay posting pathology reports to electronic health records (EHR) to allow clinicians time to follow up.

When family members request treatment, physicians should attempt to see that they get good care, preserve good relationships with them, and put neither themselves nor their relatives at risk.

There are two main approaches to telling patient stories in medical memoir. One is securing informed consent from the patients whose stories we tell; the other is de-identification. Each of these, however, creates new problems.

The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) seeks to build trusting relationships with patients before addressing their medical needs and to take account of their surrounding environment in treatment.

Physicians can approach patients’ incarceration history in ways that mitigate stigma and strengthen therapeutic alliance.