Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

A commentary on the importance of constructive peer feedback in medical student clerkships and suggestions on how to give such feedback appropriately.

Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.

Forced sterilization of HIV-positive women, which is widespread in South Africa, Namibia, and Chile, violates women’s human right to autonomy and the principle of informed consent and is medically unnecessary.

Vaccination rates among adolescents and young adults, for whom the risk of infection is greatest, remain lower than was true for other vaccines in their first years. And vaccination rates among males is extremely low.

Global health training offered through UCSF’s EMPOWUR program prepares ob/gyn residents to work in under-resourced communities locally as well as globally.

A first-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology is faced with legal and ethical issues when a patient who has been pregnant for 40 weeks requests induction of labor.

Because witnessing obstetric violence can cause moral distress, medical schools should prepare students to provide responsible care during abroad rotations.

Introduction of an intervention that reduces the perceived risk of a given behavior may cause a person to increase risky behavior—this is called “risk compensation.”