The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes.

Overview of Opinion 8.088 of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics on resident physician training.

Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors all contribute to the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the United States.

Students’ decision making about ethical dilemmas can be supported via education, faculty development, and structures for reporting professionalism lapses.

A medical student has no duty to refrain from repeating a clinical instructor’s comments except for patient-revealing elements. He may, in fact, have a duty to repeat those remarks to someone who can correct the instructor.

Students are not obligated to keep their instructors' behavior and remarks confidential.