We all know etiquette for weddings, and I have written about etiquette at funerals and for visiting patients in the hospital. But no one...

A respected medical colleague who recently retired offered to buy me a cup of coffee to talk about some “issues.” I was uncertain about...

Pandemics of disease have altered the course of human history. The bubonic plague in medieval times wiped out almost half of the...

At some point in our lives, most of us will be visiting a patient in a hospital. What’s the etiquette for that visit? And wouldn’t you...