All of us are called upon to support candidates who personify respect, compassion, and empathy if we hope to realize a more fair and just future.

Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning.

Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics.

Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics.

Clinical decision supports create ethically complex risks and need to align patients’ and caregivers’ professed values.

Native Americans suffer poverty and significant health inequity and are chronically underrepresented in the clinician workforce.

Concepts of “governance,” “trust,” and “culture” can help strengthen research partnerships, honor tribal sovereign authority, counter histories of opportunism, and recognize alternative ways of knowing.

For patients historically stripped of control over their reproductive health, consideration of past violations and transparent discussion are key.

This drawing considers masks’ transformation from an evidence-based public health measure to a political symbol during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care.