Dr Amber R. Comer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Meredith Rappaport: “Treating Patients in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Examinations and Procedures.”

Dr Ariane Lewis discusses how we can navigate uncertainty and ambiguity about brain death by understanding clinical criteria for brain death determination and how our approaches to death are culturally and socially situated.

A case that illustrates how Western medicine's body or mind approach to diagnosis and treatment can differ from that of many patients from non-Western cultures.

Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider?

State laws often require physicians to report suspected abuse and assault, creating a dilemma for physicians who must not only treat the injured patient but act as an informant to police.

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

The diagnostic and clinical criteria for diagnosing persistent vegetative state.

Competitive behaviors can undermine a clerkship student’s residency goals and weaken team collaboration and communication.

Competitive behaviors can undermine a clerkship student’s residency goals and weaken team collaboration and communication.