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.

Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling.

Geographic disparities in availability of organs for transplant have spawned for-profit companies that help patients get on waitlists in more than one region and arrange travel for them if an organ becomes available.

Crisis pregnancy centers violate ethical principles by providing misleading information and causing delays and inequities in access to abortion.

The FDA’s approval for over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception marked a departure from its standard approval process and obstructed access to a safe and effective drug. That departure could set a dangerous precedent for future decisions.

Chromosomal microarray analysis reveals many gene variants of unknown significance. The uncertainty about these variants—might they be deleterious or are they benign?—complicates genetic counseling.

Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse.

Decision-making capacity can be preserved in patients with mental illness and should be formally assessed in the context of their values and past decisions.

Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy.

The method of situational diagnosis can be used to separate ethical issues from relational dynamics and legal constraints in complex cases.