Specific contributions to a scientific article entitle the contributor to be included as an author; requests for authorship by those who have not made those specific contributions are unethical.

The bias for publishing positive clinical-research results can cause physicians to question journal articles as dependable sources of product information.

The percentages of women who have published in academic medical journals over the last 3 decades continues to grow.

Medical ethicists have discussed the use of race classification in determining disease prevalence and the response of specific ethnic groups to different medications.

Maintaining an adolescent’s confidentiality while answering his or her parents’ questions about their child’s change in mood and behavior can be challenging.