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.

Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money.

Two physicians argue that disaster preparedness for bioterrorist attacks diverts health care resources from other critical medical and public health needs.

Physicians should not write prescriptions for unnecessary prophylaxis in response to patients' anxiety about a perceived threat of bioterrorism.

An overview of the origins of the social contract between physicians and society, with expectations and demands on both parties.

A social contract between the medical profession and society has an ethical imperative to provide accessible health care to all.

Rules of managed health care and the demand for high physician productivity have harmed patients' ability to make informed, autonomous decisions.

A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication.