Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline.

Some disability advocates take issue with the “normalization” goals of the medical model of rehabilitation, but expressions of that position can be dismissive of rehabilitationists’ efforts to remediate oppressive functional deficits.

Viewing dementia as a distinct disease promotes funding for research but may stigmatize those who have dementia and lead to disinvestment in caregiving.

Medical school technical standards should be revised to be more inclusive of applicants with disabilities to diversify the physician workforce.

Expanding the numbers of physicians with disabilities would facilitate patient-centered care for those who need similar accommodations.

Complications of caring for extreme prematurity should be discussed and decisons shared.

Though they claim to, direct-to-consumer genetic tests may not correctly identify an individual's ancestral background, and thus may overstate or understate one's risk for heritable disease.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services.

The estimated reduction in risk of ovarian cancer for any woman undergoing opportunistic removal of the Fallopian tubes is up to 50 percent, but whether removal is more beneficial than ligation has not been established.

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