Physicians need to carefully explain the difficult medical realities of carrying a fetus with severe congenital abnormalities to term but then follow the wishes of a religious family who ask for reasonable medical care.

Physicians need to carefully explain the difficult medical realities of carrying a fetus with severe congenital abnormalities to term but then follow the wishes of a religious family who ask for reasonable medical care.

US case law protects a woman's right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment for her fetus on religious grounds.

Religious commitment supports a faith-based health clinic in its efforts to serve the poor patient population in its Chicago community.

Global health training offered through UCSF’s EMPOWUR program prepares ob/gyn residents to work in under-resourced communities locally as well as globally.

Dialogue-based learning can help medical students recognize, acknowledge, and overcome their biases.

All of us who are pursuing solutions to the obesity epidemic face clinical, ethical, and regulatory challenges. First among them is the significant role of individual lifestyle and behavior choices in causing obesity.

The range of opinions on the extent to which physicians should attend to their patients’ spiritual lives and the arguments that support those opinions.