Overturning this case’s precedent might result in clinicians claiming more religious exemptions and increased risk of harm to patients.

Drs Michael Young, Robert Regenhardt, and Leonard Sokol join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Dr Thabele Leslie-Mazwi: "When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative?"

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

For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life.

Dr Jake Greenblum joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ryan Hubbard: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?”

Police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and parole boards look to reform work with patients.

Dr Frederic G. Reamer joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Why Care-Based, Not Carceral, Approaches to Suspects With Mental Illness Is Key to Whether We Trust Professional or State Authority Ever Again”

For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist.

Guidance about sedation to unconsciousness and medically ineffective interventions can be applied to surgical palliation.

Involuntary commitment is often traumatic and can fracture already fragile relationships persons experiencing homeless have.