Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them.

Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them.

Physicians need to help surrogate decision makers to make treatment and end-of-life decisions for those with severe neurological damage by proving a realistic prognosis and maintain strong lines of communication.

The history of the AMA's policy on anencephalic newborns as organ donors is a living example of what medical science can do sometimes conflicts with society's support or nonsupport of those possibilities.

Physicians can help patients avoid sports-related injuries by teaching basic precautions.

Limits on resident work hours help physicians to function at full capacity and ensure patient safety.

Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money.

Patients' requests for unnecessary medical tests erode health care quality for all.

Physicians have an ethical responsibility to treat patients even at the risk of their own personal safety.

Physicians have an ethical responsibility to treat patients even at the risk of their own personal safety.