AMA Journal of Ethics^®

This commentary on a case considers a transgender patient’s mental health and risk for DVT in ethical decision making about feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy.

Tension between realistic goals and unrealistic views about how to achieve them is compounded when patients are eager to revise a prior surgeon’s gender-affirming procedure.

Perpetration-induced traumatic stress should be understood as present, not just posttraumatic, stress disorder because retraumatization is part of slaughterhouse workers’ jobs.

Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.

When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded. 

This commentary considers how clinician-governors should respond to how Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores are applied.

Conflicts of interest must be acknowledged with sincerity and earnestness and managed such that the conflict is eliminated or, at least, credibly mitigated.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinician policy makers have faced unprecedented challenges to their roles in governance.

Separation of children from their parents is one possible traumatizing consequence of a mandated report, which is not to be taken lightly.

Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity.