Patient-First Language

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital announced a settlement Wednesday with 79 women who say they were abused by a former gynecologist.

My name is Madeline. Well, that's the pseudonym that I’ve had to use as my medical team feels that the force of public pressure will kill me all on its own due to the current fragility of my health.

College inspectors have the authority to review patient files to make sure physicians are compliant with COVID safety measures

Retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wrote the original report, In Plain Sight, released last year, and on Tuesday she reported that progress has been made in 10 of the 24 recommendations.

The committee’s purpose will be to promote integrating of social accountability into medical school accreditation standards around the world.

You can't control patients' expectations, but you can take steps to minimize complaints and prevent college sanctions, say lawyers Claire Immega and Harpreet Dosanjh, whose areas of practice include professional liability.

Rebecca Jesseman, policy director at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, says while health and safety standards for such facilities exist, there are no national standards when it comes to the quality of treatments or qualifications of those providing services.

Dr. Jabir Jassam takes on the kind of co-worker in a clinic who slowly destroys the culture of a workplace.