CPR has become default treatment for all patients in cardiac arrest. The history of how this happened demonstrates the power of CPT coding.

An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech.

Patient bias towards clinicians and employees in health care is common, but policy to address bias and support staff is relatively limited.

Concrete protocols for supporting trainees include convening team meetings, tracking bias incidents, collecting data, and initiating protective changes in culture.

In this cartoon, a guilt-ridden, heavily scarred surgeon prepares to atone for his team’s failed attempts to save an innocent child victim of a mass shooting.

About 80 percent of children in the ER for suturing preferred a woman doctor; 60 percent of their parents preferred a man, 19 percent, a woman, and 21 percent, the doctor with the most experience.

Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.

Restraint can facilitate freedom for patients with traumatic brain injuries under some conditions.