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.

A review of legal decisions that have interpreted a hospital emergency department's obligation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act to stabilize a patient.

The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care.

The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care.

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

Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care.

Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care.

In cases where a parent is denying life-saving medical treatment, physician paternalism can step in to help provide the proper care to the patient.

Physicians should use evidence-based guidelines as a starting point to make sound clinical treatment decisions for a patient's individual medical needs.

Physicians should use evidence-based guidelines as a starting point to make sound clinical treatment decisions for a patient's individual medical needs.