A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests.

The University of Global Health Equity aims to provide the tools and technology to develop the skills students need to improve fragile health systems.

What can American health systems developers learn from abroad? Leading programs draw on global lessons to build sustainable and effective care in the US.

Equity-focused education partnerships between institutions in resource-limited and resource-abundant countries can develop the health care workforce.

Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity.

Interprofessional education facilitates health care team members’ communication, which impacts patient care, and thus is relevant to medical ethics.

Effective interprofessional collaboration and patient care require understanding team members’ roles and responsibilities and clear communication.

AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Renee Mao, a third-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, interviewed Dr. Tarris Rosell, PhD, DMin, MDiv, about strategies for incorporating spiritual care into oncology.

AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Emily Johnson, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, interviewed Susan Mizner, JD, about some merits, drawbacks, and alternatives to guardianship.

The question of whether and how results from personal genetic testing will motivate behavioral changes in consumers has only begun to receive the research attention it richly deserves.