Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics.

Pathologists’ adoption of practical social media use guidelines can help mitigate risk to patients.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

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.

An emerging medical ethics issue is whether to delay posting pathology reports to electronic health records (EHR) to allow clinicians time to follow up.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to pathology.

Defense of the argument that psychiatrists have a responsibility to warn the proper authorities if there is reasonable concern that a patient poses a threat to the safety of others.