Reality television programs that focus on cosmetic surgery show misguided viewers that such procedures are the key to emotional health and well-being.

Giving undocumented immigrants and those with DACA status (DREAMers) access to health care and medical education enables them to contribute to these systems.

Many physicians find it difficult to accept uninsured or Medicaid patients due to low level or lack of reimbursement.

Physicians who are aware of various forms of human rights abuses are better able to serve and advocate for their patients.

Lack of access to health care is causing the US to lag behind in the global economy and needs to be tackled with specific policy solutions.

Vignettes of three real patients who face end-of-life decisions, excerpted from a four-part television series on PBS.

The media helps shape the general public's perception of the American Medical Association as the emblem of organized medicine.

Contemporary medicine has been the subject of many televisions shows. Whether intensely dramatic or humorous and comical, each gives the public a small piece of the picture of American medicine today.

Film, television, radio, and other media fail to accurately portray the diversity among health care professionals and the patients they treat.