A photograph from the first AMA House of Delegates meeting in 1901 highlights the issues of physician demographics and whether the profession has adequately addressed diversity in the profession.
An ethical case explores what a physician should do when a patient's health insurance will not cover a screening test for cancer despite the fact that a family history puts the patient at increased risk of developing the disease.
Physicians need to be aware of the legal and ethical issues raised by genetic information and technology, as evidenced by three court rulings dealing with prenatal testing and a family predisposition to genetic genetically transferred illness.