Many surgeons listen to music while performing surgery, a practice that should be implemented with respect to all who will be present in the operating room.
A patient recounts his experience volunteering for a clinical research study that required hospitalization for collection of several fluid and tissue specimens.
A case that explores the impact of financial incentives from insurance companies on the patient-physician relationship and whether or not they should be disclosed to a patient.
The authenticity of a physician-in-training's account of traveling to a remote Arctic island and encountering a dying elderly tribal leader is subsequently challenged by the author's clinical prefect.