Being undocumented is a risk factor for mental illness, and immigration status relates prominently to overall health. That’s enough to consider it protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule.

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit.

A philosophy professor argues that prenatal genetic testing allows potentially painful afflictions to be discovered prior to birth and does not unjustly discriminate against disabled people.

Two bioethicists argue that prenatal disability screening promotes negativity toward the disabled and gives parents the ability to selectively form families.

Physicians are encouraged not to breach confidentiality by disclosing a patient's genetic information to their offspring or other family members.

Physicians must balance competing ethical concerns when undocumented immigrants need health care for a communicable disease.

In a study of New York physicians' compliance with reporting of communicable diseases, surveyed physicians responded better to legal warnings than to requests that explained public health benefits.

Steps in diagnosing mycobacterial pulmonary tuberculosis and its management.

Psychiatrists can take various steps to uphold patient confidentiality when faced with a court order to disclose a patient's medical records.

Psychiatrists can take various steps to uphold patient confidentiality when faced with a court order to disclose a patient's medical records.