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The author refused to settle after another doctor dragged him into a case. And now he can't wipe the slate clean.

The author's abduction by a drug addict was terrifying enough. But his glimpse of the justice system was scary, too.

Collective bargaining, lawsuits against HMOs, Tort Reform, health coverage, managed care, clinical guidelines, alternative medicine, looking aheadNovember.

Once skeptical about inpatient specialists, this doctor has come to love what they do for him. Mostly, they give him time.

Enroll them in assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturersand watch the quality of their lives improve.

Legislation; Medicare; Fraud'N'Abuse

Snake oil on the Internet

That's the belief of dermatologist Andrew Hendricks, who blew the whistle on a giant lab. After several tense years, his lawsuit reaped $182 million for the Feds.

Founded on a dream in the 1930's, the Burns Clinic collapsed in a nightmare of the '90s, as the cozy collegiality of its physicians gave way to managed care anxiety and a me first attitude.

This pediatrician's winwin partnership with his state bureaucracy gives indigent children a medical homeand the practice a profit.

Ed MemoOn the notion that doctors are not God

A "my patient comes first" attitude may deny care to patients who need it more, these experts say.

The anti-aging movement attracts patients willing to spend heavily to look and feel younger -- and doctors eager to cater to them.