The Pew Research Center is out with its latest public opinion survey on the health care reform law. Quoting from the accompanying news rele...

Goldman Sachs, Corporate Culture, and Medical Ethics

When Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman Sachs, and head of the firm's US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle Eas...

Is This Doctor-Patient Marriage Unethical?

I shouldn't have been surprised that the most read posts on this blog have been about doctor-patient sex. When I recently had occasion t...

State by State Analysis of Health Insurance Exchange Adoption

State By State Analysis of Public Health Service Act Requirements for Employers in the United States The Public Health Service Act of 2010...

Wartime Heroism and Personal Ideals

I'm sorry I never met Dr. Tina Strobos, whose obituary I read in this morning's Boston Globe. But I have a new hero. Dr. Strobos wa...

HCR Attitudes in Presidential Swing States

A couple of days ago, USA Today had an article with the headline “Swing states poll: Health care law hurts Obama in 2012.” Indeed, the Gal...

Tatooing Medical Directives on our Bodies

Unfortunately I don't know Dr. Ed Friedlander, a pathologist in Kansas City, so I haven't had a chance to ask him about his decision...

How Medical Insurance Impacts Access to Health Care in the United States

Without Insurance Access to Health Care is Limited in the United States Why the Insurance Model Was Chosen for Increasing Health Care Access...

Working with WOAR to Educate Teens on Safety in Sexual Health

WHEP ELECTIVE: Women’s Health in the Community For my Women’s Health in the Community elective, I reached out to the organization Women Orga...

NO HITTING!! February is Teen Dating and Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

A number of our terrific seniors are engaged in teen health activities this month, Sonia on teen attitudes on sources of sexual health infor...