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Many international experts exchange ideas about vulnerabilities of medical supply chains and how failure to make them more resilient is an ethics problem.

Should we interrogate our bioproduct supply chains as we have begun interrogating our food supply chains?

COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities of US routine and emergency medicine and critical equipment supply chains that introduced urgent need for change.

This commentary examines prevention policies that overly rely on liberty restrictions imposed by designs of inpatient psychiatric units’ structures and spaces.

Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity.

Inpatient psychiatric units are designed around the twin aims of treatment and containment, but emotional norms and tone also contribute to care environments.

Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored.

This article canvasses extant literature on values, evidence, and standards for inpatient psychiatry units’ design.

Inpatient psychiatric units should be therapeutic environments that support dignity and recovery.

Iatrogenic harms of so-called “zero-risk” approaches must be balanced against promoting patients’ goals of care.