International trade policies affect the distribution of life-saving medicine, the food market, and the migration of medical personnel from developing countries.
Advance directives, substituted judgment, and the best-interest standard all have limitations that constrain their usefulness in making medical decisions for patients who cannot choose for themselves.
The practice of banking sperm from adolescents about to undergo chemotherapy is not universal, which lends support to the argument that parental consent be required for the intervention.
A medical student’s desire to practice the specialty that he or she finds most interesting should not outweigh the right of patients in a pluralistic society to receive a full range of legal medical services.
The traditional triple threat model of academic physician careers can help global health researchers balance research commitments and the duty to care.