Prognostication means informing patients what the outcome of their illnesses and treatments are expected to be, based on the best available evidence. Prognosticating in a way that helps patients in decision making about treatment is difficult for physicians to do.

A primer on diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis through patient history, a physical examination, and laboratory tests.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on disclosing diagnoses to patients.

Understand the safety, health, and developmental concerns that must be evaluated in deciding whether a homeless mother should retain custody of her infant.

Virtue ethics can point the way toward an appropriate approach to communicating a diagnosis of nonepileptic seizures.

The early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is a boon in that it enables advance planning, but that planning process can engender conflict between respect for future-oriented autonomy and future welfare.

A consensus has emerged that the paternalism behind use of the provocative saline infusion test for nonepileptic seizures cannot be justified because the harms to the patient, the physician, and their relationship exceed the benefits.

Reprint of Stephen Jay Gould's essay “The Median Isn't the Message.”

Shahina Jaffer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her paintings: Holler, Wires and Whispers, and The First Tonal Imprint.

This commentary on a case considers how clinicians can help nonbinary patients minimize potential harms of psychedelics.