A U.S. physician relates the culture shock he is experiencing working as an area medical officer in Eastern Africa for the U.S. Peace Corps in his latest online journal entry.
Each month, a new article or book chapter on bioethics will be featured to illustrate points of ethical reasoning and promote discussion about the topic.
A case exploring who has the authority to make contraceptive choices, 15-year-old girl whose sexually active status is unknown or her mother, and what is the physician's duty in the situation.
Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap, by 16th century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel, shows how art and visual images have long been used to promote the healing process.
The journal invites students to share observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.
The journal invites students to share their observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.