Social and cultural influences significantly contribute to our conceptions of healthy and pathological anatomy, and surgeons play critical roles in how these influences are expressed in clinical settings and social media.

Dr. Oz’s advice has raised ethical questions about medicine as a profession, its evidentiary standards, and its role in maintaining public trust.

Standards of care in medicine have gone through many changes and developments over the course of its history.

Competency assessments for aging physicians raise concerns

Physicians are ethically required to investigate the actions of problematic colleagues, even if the entire practice will come under scrutiny.

Hospitals are entitled to suspend a physician without a hearing when there is reasonable concern that patient safety is at risk.

The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics provides ample guidance for the interactions between pharmaceutical companies and physicians.

Privacy laws and concerns regarding confidentiality often prevent physicians from serving on peer review boards.

Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy.

The harms of communicating autism risk can be avoided by helping families to understand risk and to distinguish between poor and good sources of scientific information, which should take families’ interests into account.