Physicians are obligated to inform patients involved in a clinical trial that there is a chance of receiving a placebo, which can result in a deterioration of a medical condition.

Physicians are obligated to inform patients involved in a clinical trial that there is a chance of receiving a placebo, which can result in a deterioration of a medical condition.

Little-known trivia about politics, policy, and medicine.

There is a shortage of physicians in rural areas, and since these areas have more poor, elderly, and persons with chronic diseases than other areas, strategies need to be developed to better serve rural populations.

The case of Nancy Cruzan, a 25-year-old woman whose injuries from an automobile accident resulted in a persistent vegetative state, helped to empower people with end-of-life choices.

Strengthening the Social Contract

Reconnecting to Essential Ideals

MLP innovations seek to address patients’ criminal as well as postrelease civil legal needs.

The evidence base for “patients-to-policy” work in MLPs shows benefits to patients, clinicians, and hospital and legal systems.

Prashasti Bhatnagar joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Deborah F. Perry and Margaret E. Greer: “How Should We Measure Effectiveness of Medical-Legal Partnerships?”