False clinical and ethical dilemmas may be created when physicians ignore patient characteristics and contexts that are integral to shared decision making.

Women who are pregnant might not treat their mental illnesses because they overestimate risks of medication and underestimate risks of leaving their illness untreated.

A group of physicians offer commentary about the importance of maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.

A group of physicians offer commentary about the importance of maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.

A clinical practice policy prohibiting house calls that opposes the practice standards of individual clinicians may be unethical and reasonable, but it may still be possible to treat patients who prefer house calls while abiding by the policy.

When deciding whether a pregnant woman will take antidepressants that pose a slight risk to the fetus, the patient and doctor must each make value-based determinations about whether absolute protection of the fetus is more important than preventing the mother’s probable suffering.

Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization.

建立同情心最大化的標準將有助於我們做得比傷害最小化更好

Establecer criterios para maximizar la compasión nos ayudaría a lograr algo mejor que la minimización del daño.

For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear.