When mandatory reporting of risk of violence is not required, physicians should balance patient autonomy and beneficence with patient and public safety.

Violence can best be prevented and treated through collaborative, community-based programs using epidemic control methods.

“Liza Long and ‘Michael’” demonstrates that new media can be used to shift social perceptions of those with mental illness from violent to vulnerable.

The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.

By supporting sustainability initiatives based on current, accurate, and unbiased evidence, physicians can fulfill their obligation to protect health.

Family planning to mitigate climate change should reflect patients’ values and preferences, which physicians should elicit during contraceptive counseling.

Public health and climate stabilization historically have competed for public funds, but investment in either good has the potential to advance both goods.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to climate change.

Forced migration of Pacific Islanders raises ethical issues of health and health care disparities, which are examined in the case of Tuvaluan immigrants.

Introduction to the December 2017 issue on health care ethics and professionalism in the era of climate change.