Conflicts on end-of-life care of terminally ill patients can be better resolved if the physician is a good communicator and active listener.

Physicians need to educate patients about nutrition to counter the plethora of media images that promote poor dietary habits.

Physicians need to understand the resources available to them to serve the sometimes conflicting needs of the pediatric patients' best interest and the religious beliefs of the patients' parents.

Physicians need to understand the resources available to them to serve the sometimes conflicting needs of the pediatric patients' best interest and the religious beliefs of the patients' parents.

Physicians can enhance communication with patients and their families about end-of-life issues through the use of active listening, simple silence, and open-ended questions, provided in unambiguous, clear terms.

An ethical case explores a 70-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who wants to have his pacemaker turned off in order to hasten what he fears may be an unpleasant death.

An ethical case explores a 70-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who wants to have his pacemaker turned off in order to hasten what he fears may be an unpleasant death.

Undocumented people in the US face legal and structural barriers to health care services, including for kidney failure.

Dr Dinushika Mohottige and Karina Albistegui Adler join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Allison Charney and Dr Lilia Cervantes: “What Should Clinicians in Organizations Without Established MLP Programs Do When Their Patients Need Lawyers to Meet Their Health Needs?”

Physicians must respond with care to all patients’ health needs, even those demanding complex, expensive interventions.