It is unconstitutional--and unethical--for physicians to participate in evidence-gathering against pregnant women suspected of being addicted to illegal substances without informing them of their constitutional rights or gaining their informed consent.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions related to human trafficking.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on physician participation in interrogations.

Explanation of the Medicare and Medicaid Antikickback statute and Stark Law and their restrictions on physicians' financial interests in ancillary services.

Illustrations that have commented on medicine and society have evolved over the last 150 years from being judgmental and harsh towards racial and ethnic minorities to now emphasizing the positive aspects of diversity.

Analysis of a journal article that compares physician self-assessment with external measures of physician competence.

Evidence-based medicine can help guide a physician in the clinical encounter but should not replace physician judgment or experience.

A proposal for non-disciplinary physician accountability by means of electronic medical record audits.

The organ transplantation system is viewed as one of our most equitable health care services, but poor patients are effectively excluded by policy that denies Medicaid coverage of post-transplant immunosuppressant medication.

There is a market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing and a need for better consumer information and more regulation of tests and testing laboratories.