Physicians need to inform parents about the limited effectiveness of growth hormone therapy in satisfying the treatment goals of children with idiopathic short stature.

A physician's role in controlling the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs includes educating patients about the harms associated with these drugs and encouraging them to adopt safe and appropriate training programs.

Physicians have an ethical obligation to warn athletes about the potential health problems associated with performance-enhancing drugs.

Physicians have an ethical obligation to warn athletes about the potential health problems associated with performance-enhancing drugs.

Physicians have an ethical obligation to warn athletes about the potential health problems associated with performance-enhancing drugs.

When patients and physicians disagree on the use of genetic engineering technology, physicians must act in accordance with professional ethics and society's guidelines.

Fostering Trust in the Patient-Physician Relationship

The author supports the ritual of the white coat ceremony for first-year medical students as an initiation into the medical profession.

Reconnecting to Essential Ideals

Although parents may someday have the ability to enhance the complex physical and mental traits of their offspring, such genetic enhancements raise a number of difficult ethical questions.