An ethical case explores genetic screening and whether or not sharing test results with patients only, and not other family members who may be at risk, is sufficient.

A hospice volunteer describes her first day and her encounter with an elderly woman who is resisting a scheduled transfer to a nursing home.

A medical student doing research in Pakistan relates her belief that it is the mission of medicine to preserve dignity in every human being.

Little-known trivia about the use of bones, tissues, and organs from donated bodies.

The increasing application of pharmacogenomics will signal a need for major policy changes that address ways to maintain patient confidentiality and make the technology available to all members of society.

The stethoscope exemplifies how physicians must balance the objective information obtained from medical technology with the patients' subjective experience of illness in order to make an accurate diagnosis.

A pre-med student relates his family's experiences in trying to get his strong-willed grandfather to adhere to a strict medical care regimen for his chronic condition.

A patient relates his experience undergoing plastic surgery to correct drooping eyes.

A newspaper reporter who was a live organ donor for his childhood friend relates the impact first-hand reporting of the experience had on his life as well as the public.

Little-known medical trivia relating to golf.