AMA journal of ethics

Despite high incidence of endometriosis internationally and domestically, many patients wait a decade after symptom onset for an accurate diagnosis. This article suggests why diagnostic criteria should be clarified and why endometriosis scr…

Office-based gynecologic procedures (OBGPs) are reimbursed at lower rates than similar office urology and dermatology procedures. But there is a broader "hidden curriculum" in health professions training that perpetuates clinicians' and org…

Some illnesses and diseases are not apparent to onlookers. Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, postconcussive syndrome, endometriosis, and many psychiatric illnesses, for example, have symptoms that a…

Catholic health care organizations generally prohibit their employees from prescribing contraceptives for the purpose of birth control. This restriction might go against a clinician's own beliefs and the explicit wishes of a patient. In thi…