For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life.

“Very important persons” care contributes to multitiered, racially segregated health service delivery streams that influence clinicians’ conceptions of what patients deserve from them.

The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.

Physicians need to exhaust every possible alternative to bring about political changes before resorting to breaking the law as an act of civil disobedience.