Florida's hotly contested "docs vs. glocks" law is shot down in federal district court for jeopardizing the physician-patient relationship, despite supporters' concerns over potential mistreatment of gun owners.  

The alliance between psychiatrists and patients is a powerful—and understudied—facilitator of healing. 

A bill introduced in the Florida legislature would prohibit doctors from asking patients about gun possession, threatening both freedom of speech and the doctor-patient relationship.  

The amicus emphasizes that SB 8 interferes with the physician-patient relationship and creates an open-ended class of potential plaintiffs who might file harassing lawsuits. 

The most important ingredient in providing effective and meaningful patient care is building a strong therapeutic alliance. Listening well can save lives. 

Not all patients’ requests can or should be fulfilled. Here are factors to consider when your response is “no.” 

Medical technology may have led to a drop in compassionate care, but surgeon Sherwin Nuland, M.D., has a prescription for improving the lives of patients using both the brain and the heart. 

Clinicians can avoid unconscious racial or ethnic bias when collecting patient data by understanding the sources of possible misinterpretation. 

An understanding of the patient’s values and the place of medication in a wider therapeutic program in which medication is one tool for recovery should inform a psychiatrist’s judgment.