Physicians treating adolescents need to give them the information to make intelligent and responsible decisions regarding sexual activity and reassure them of patient confidentiality.
An ethical case explores whether a medical student doing a radiology rotation has a duty to inform a patient whose chest x-ray shows bony metastases that was not caught by the original radiologist or mentioned in the ED chart.
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.