Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified.

Guidance from the Code addresses legitimacy and trustworthiness of information from unethical experimentation.

Eva V. Regel joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Should Clinicians Help Homeless Trauma Survivors Make Irreversible Surgical Care Decisions?”

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

Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit.

Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues.

Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences.

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

Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion.