We live in an age where personal choice is paramount, even in medical matters. But sometimes the balance of choice goes too far. It is fairly common for patients to request medical interventions that ...

Physicians have the right to decline your request (Photo: iStock) We live in an age where personal choice is paramount, even in medical matters. But sometimes the balance of choice goes too far. It is ...

Although patients have the right of access to their protected health information, actual access remains limited. A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, has found that the processing of ...

You are both a medical school professor and general internist (physician) at a prestigious medical school and its affiliated medical clinic. You have been particularly impressed with, and have become ...

A physician considers whether to honor a promising medical student’s request to withhold a diagnosis of depression from her record. The medical student fears a record of depression could hurt her ...