professional ethics

Dr. Barron H. Lerner reflects on his father's medical practices as well as a variety of issues in the field of medicine, including patients' rights, patient-centered medicine, paternalistic doctors, the education of medical students, and the role of technology.

Provides information to help athletes develop integrity and dignity, as well as excellence, to become a better role model and distinguished athlete.

"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced the Challenger tragedy and controversy"--.

Reveals how drug companies are distorting the practice of medicine and jeopardizing the health of Americans by offering doctors bribes to prescribe their medicines, even when another treatment might be more effective.

Describes what it is like to be a research scientist, discussing the skills and requirements of this career and core qualities of good character and ethical decision-making in relation to working as a research scientist.

Examines the way the press gathers the news and shows us that we have good reason to be suspicious of much of the news we get.