Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base.

Despite availability of good national oral health curricula for medical trainees, most physicians are ill-equipped to identify oral cancers or avoid unnecessary referrals.

This digital still from a narrated animated portrait depicts a woman overwhelmed by her body’s failure and by a health care system’s failure to care well.

Information different patients need or want about cybersecurity risk varies, so communicating clearly is always key.

A history of device oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration traces regulatory changes in response to injuries caused by Dalkon Shield intrauterine devices.

No single person should make decisions about for whom or according to which criteria palliative surgery is clinically and ethically appropriate.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.

Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities.

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