The American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on the Family recommends that pediatricians take a more active role in helping to insure that the family environment is conducive to a child's emotional and physical well-being.

Physicians are obligated in many jurisdictions to perform life-sustaining treatments on premature infants with serious developmental or physical impairments, even if it goes against the parents' wishes.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend delaying antibiotic treatment for otitis media to help reduce antibiotic resistance.

Medical treatment for child development problems should not come before a complete biopsychosocial evaluation with appropriate therapies.

Using children as research subjects is only ethical in very specific situations where the risk to the child is minimal.

Physicians should take a graduated approach to including children in their health care decisions to improve their overall medical experience.

Although the State Children's Health Insurance Plan was enacted to provide health care to children who are uninsured or are not eligible for Medicaid, a number of factors are preventing the system from meeting the health care needs of all of the nation's children.

Two physicians assert that pharmaceutical companies' sponsorship of clinical conferences for residents and physicians represent a conflict of interest.

Two physicians assert that pharmaceutical companies' sponsorship of clinical conferences for residents and physicians represent a conflict of interest.

The ethical questions surrounding the recruitment of patients for clinical trials become more complicated when the recruiting physicians receive financial benefits for each patient enrolled.