Physicians should be aware of the unique set of challenges and risks associated with house calls that must be managed effectively to ensure the safety of both patients and healthcare providers.

Members of the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP) frequently seek answers from CAP’s risk management experts to questions like: 1) “How do I determine who has the legal authority to consent to medical care on behalf of the minor?” and 2) “Who has legal authority to access or receive copies of the medical records?

Narrative Medicine, coined by Columbia University’s Dr. Rita Charon, aims to address the feelings and experiences that occur when caring for persons with illness.

Telemedicine (aka telehealth) is the practice of medicine using electronic communication and information technology between a healthcare provider in one location and a patient in another location, essentially a remote or virtual encounter.

An advance directive is fundamental to self-autonomy, an opportunity to assert control over our own lives, with the expectation that our end-of-life preferences will be honored and be inviolable.