Panelists stressed the need for administrators to use patience and tact, but also firmness when necessary, in dealing with delicate circumstances involving potentially unethical behavior by surgeons


Panelists stressed the need for administrators to use patience and tact, but also firmness when necessary, in dealing with delicate circumstances involving potentially unethical behavior by surgeons


Tips for discussing, handling your observations of cognitive deterioration in aging surgeons

Tips for managing difficult patients, terminating patient relationships

Considerations, responsibilities physicians face when informing patients, families of surgical complications, mishaps

Ethical considerations for otolaryngologists when another physician’s diagnosis, treatment plan seem medically irresponsible

Ethical considerations, treatment benefits and risks that physicians must present to help patients, families make informed decisions

Should a physician try to convince a patient to consider potentially definitive therapy?

New editorial feature looks at how general ethical principles can be used to resolve moral issues within the specialty on a case-by-case basis

When it comes to receiving gifts from patients, otolaryngologists and other doctors walk a fine moral line