John is one patient-sitter whose cancer and portraiture experiences illuminate what it means to witness, to express regard for another’s difficult health and health care experiences.

Intersections of humanities and health care prompt students and clinicians to look beyond science and into the emotional journeys of caring.

There’s similarity between processes used by an artist to see the entirety of a scene and those used by a clinician to assess a patient.

Whether a patient’s decisional regret constitutes a failure of shared decision making can depend on how a decision was made.

AI might improve patient-clinician relationships, but various underlying assumptions will need to be addressed to bring these potential benefits to fruition.

Gender-affirming surgery for teens is growing as a field. Norms about who should be involved, to what extent, and for which health decisions are still evolving.

Current policy requires separate informed consent for some Public Health Service increased-risk donors, and this can make shared decision making harder.

Health workers care for COVID-19 patients, just as St Roch tended to bubonic plague victims during the Renaissance. Three artworks relate Roch’s story and apply key insights to the 2020 pandemic.

During immediate and long-term recovery periods, decisions must account for patients’ personal goals and possible clinical outcomes and should clarify what recovery means.

Reliance on disclosure rather than understanding has prompted shared decision making and represents an important cultural change in clinical practice.