An ethical case describes how a 19-year-old college student was charged with criminal transmission of HIV for continuing to have unprotected sex with several unknowing partners after testing positive for HIV.
A Peace Corps physician working in Africa describes in his latest online journal entry that one of the most difficult challenges of his job is maintaining physician confidentiality when treating volunteers who knowingly engage in behaviors that put other people's health at risk.
An ethical case explores whether a physician who wants to terminate his professional relationship with a noncompliant hemodialysis patient has an obligation to treat the patient if the patient has a disability.
A U.S. physician relates the culture shock he is experiencing working as an area medical officer in Eastern Africa for the U.S. Peace Corps in his latest online journal entry.