Monitoring surgeons’ capacities over time are rooted in professional duties to protect patients’ safety. Aging surgeons should undergo assessments and be encouraged to stop practicing before their diminished skill becomes too risky.

For reasons of medical ethics, medical schools should embrace functional technical standards that focus on the capabilities of students with disabilities.

The advent of force-feeding in the new century in the context of conflict and protest made it necessary to clarify and revise the whole concept of artificial feeding and force-feeding.

As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must advocate for their vulnerable patients and medical schools should offer training in advocacy and activism.

Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

Although the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 is effective in reducing contaminants to safe levels in public drinking water, its administration and enforcement poses challenges.

Why must a vet with serious mental illness seek shelter in a group home or stand on a street corner with a sign that says, “Homeless Vet—Please Help.”

The weight of mentors’ burnout born by students is depicted in this image of arms entangling anguished faces.

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

Research on experiences of practicing physicians who have disabilities could help medical schools counsel applicants and increase enrollment among students with disabilities. This can ultimately improve care for patients with disabilities.