AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Osler’s contributions to the philosophy and practice of medicine foreground characteristics of a compassionate caregiver, including imperturbability and equanimity.

In recent years, unrest, protests, and uprisings about class and race conflict have compelled many health professionals to question and to stand in solidarity with communities.

Medicine has been defined by doing, but bias, error, and burnout are potential consequences of speed and constant activity.

Most physicians schedule out months in advance, requiring their patients to cope with their condition until their appointment and risk their suffering becoming discredited.

How should clinicians cultivate relationships with technology so it functions in solidarity with patients?

Accurate information about what health services will cost patients is often not available at key decision points, yet surprisingly high bills can undermine public trust in clinicians and organizations.

Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions.

This comic compares a lack of price transparency in health care billing to psychic card readings.

Practice ownership shifts to various employment models have amplified the problem of physician-employees of some US health care companies not knowing about services billed in their names.

This article analyzes differences in prescription drug pricing transparency practices among 3 Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development member nations.