AMA Journal of Ethics

Involuntary commitment is often traumatic and can fracture already fragile relationships persons experiencing homeless have.

A capabilities model helps reframe health care as shared between a clinical team and some of our most vulnerable patients.

COVID-19 underscores historical precedent for fear-driven responses that disregard autonomy among persons with low income who are also persons of color.

Clinicians and police are positioned to help persons experiencing homelessness, but little has been said about how their best impulses to serve could most productively overlap.

US health care desperately needs a workforce prepared to respond equitably to social influences on health needs of people experiencing homelessness.

Health educators have duties to teach patient focus, motivate equity, and cultivate students’ capacity to serve our most vulnerable neighbors, wherever they reside.

Neurophysiological sequelae of childhood trauma can express later in the lives of patients experiencing homelessness, especially during informed consent.

This month on Ethics Talk, Dr Sheryl Fleisch discusses strategies for delivering health services to people experiencing homelessness, including street psychiatry.

For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.