Lawyer Cynthia Chandler joins Ethics Talk to discuss the practice of sterilization in California state prisons, and Dr Anthony Loria shares new research on surgical outcomes for incarcerated patients.

Safety-net hospitals care for patients who are incarcerated and are key environments in which surgical trainees learn to wield their professional autonomy.

Surgical research involving patients who are incarcerated is fraught with ethical, logistical, and practical questions.

Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable.

Surgeons’ regret experiences arising from factors beyond their control might mean that organizations need to step up and help.

Dr Kinnon MacKinnon joins Ethics Talk to discuss what we know about regret experiences of patients following transition-related care and, just as importantly, what we don’t.

Office-based gynecologic procedures are reimbursed at lower rates than similar office urology and dermatology procedures.

Despite high incidence of endometriosis internationally and domestically, many patients wait a decade after symptom onset for an accurate diagnosis.

Dr Wendy Kline joins Ethics Talk to discuss the hidden history of the pelvic exam.

Pain is recognized as an adverse effect of medication abortion, but its management has been understudied.