A physician treating adolescents must look at non-physical causes of illness, and not let an opinionated parent make a diagnosis.

A physician treating adolescents must look at non-physical causes of illness, and not let an opinionated parent make a diagnosis.

Argues that non-adherence on a patient's part does not erase physician responsibility and examines how best to provide care for a non-adherent patient.

An ethical case concerns a 16-year-old girl suffering from systemic scleroderma with a poor prognosis and her father's cultural beliefs, which do not allow for discussions about end-of-life care.

The medical student believes that the art of doctoring is learned continuously over time and cannot be assessed in a proposed medical school examination.

A U.S. physician relates the culture shock he is experiencing working as an area medical officer in Eastern Africa for the U.S. Peace Corps in his latest online journal entry.

An ethical case explores medical decision making in the absence of the consent of an elderly woman who is partially impaired by a stroke.

An ethical case explores medical decision making in the absence of the consent of an elderly woman who is partially impaired by a stroke.

A recent journal article shows how doctors can assist patients in the medical decision-making process.

A woman with osteogenesis imperfecta has become an expert on her own disease through years of coping with its consequences.