False health-related speech can cause harm, but it’s not restricted unless it’s obscene. Physicians are obliged not only to correct patients’ false beliefs, but to engage digital spaces in which false claims thrive.

Government can regulate false speech and professional speech, which bans “gag laws” and compelled speech about laws to restrict abortion, for example. How should health professions share regulatory responsibility with government to prevent true speech about health information from being stifled?

Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians.

The separation of dental and medical care is a medical ethics issue because it negatively impacts vulnerable populations who lack access to dental care.

Medical tourism creates an ethical dilemma for domestic physicians who wish to provide continuity of care but avoid liability in a malpractice suit.

What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early?

Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base.

Information different patients need or want about cybersecurity risk varies, so communicating clearly is always key.

A history of device oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration traces regulatory changes in response to injuries caused by Dalkon Shield intrauterine devices.

Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities.