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.

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.

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

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.

An ethical case explores a 70-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who wants to have his pacemaker turned off in order to hasten what he fears may be an unpleasant death.

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