Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria.

Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity.

Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.

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

“Very important persons” care contributes to multitiered, racially segregated health service delivery streams that influence clinicians’ conceptions of what patients deserve from them.

A physician has an obligation to order necessary diagnostic tests for a patient on Medicaid with whom he or she has an established patient-physician relationship regardless of whether the cost of the necessary test will be reimbursed.

The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified.

Supporters of reproductive choice believe that women receive inadequate information about prenatal testing—often after some testing has already been done.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.