Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services.

Because witnessing obstetric violence can cause moral distress, medical schools should prepare students to provide responsible care during abroad rotations.

Dr Peter Steen joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Nubia Chong, Maria Mirabela Bodic, Ludwing Salamanca, and Stephanie LeMelle: “What Should Students and Trainees Learn About Patient-Centered Documentation?”

Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care.

A medical student has no duty to refrain from repeating a clinical instructor’s comments except for patient-revealing elements. He may, in fact, have a duty to repeat those remarks to someone who can correct the instructor.

When family members request treatment, physicians should attempt to see that they get good care, preserve good relationships with them, and put neither themselves nor their relatives at risk.

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

Many patients in settings where residents operate can only afford to seek care in a public hospital. The hospital, faculty, and resident surgeon must find ways to minimize the risk to those patients.

Three images explore an artist’s experience of living with rheumatoid arthritis.