A case study of nephrologists examines physicians' attitudes towards patients in advanced stages of kidney disease and how these attitudes affect the end-of-life care the patient receives.

The legal battle Oregon is facing over physician-assisted suicide affects a patient terminally ill with liver cancer who has expressed desire to end her own life.

A formula designed to help physicians select appropriate dosage when changing the route of opioid administration for pain management.

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that physician-assisted suicide is a matter of states' rights, there are many ethical and legal issues still unresolved for physicians.

The Do Not Resuscitate policy in many hospitals brings about ethical questions regarding hospital policy towards terminally ill patients and end-of-life care.

Three reports considered by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs are described, along with the process for revising the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics and trivia about contraceptive use.

A spoof on the Twelve Days of Christmas addresses the topic of gifts of industry.

New home health-monitoring medical devices can be an important part of health care, especially for chronically ill or disabled patients.

An ethical case explores the lawsuit that results after the loss of frozen embryos.