A hospice volunteer relates his first experience of visiting and befriending a dying patient.

A case that describes a terminally ill patient's request for a prescription for barbiturates to end her life and the legal and ethical implications the request has for the prescribing doctor under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.

Film, television, radio, and other media fail to accurately portray the diversity among health care professionals and the patients they treat.

A psychology professor stresses the importance of cultural competence and cultural sensitivity physicians in meeting the end-of-life care needs of an increasingly diverse patient population.

A U.S. Peace Corps physician relates his experiences in Africa to diversity in the medical profession and in medical school admissions.