The risks of misinformation being spread through online patient forums can be mitigated by communication strategies aimed at physicians and organizations.

Equal access is a goal even when patients present with taboo illnesses. But, the date of a patient’s last drink still matters.

Law doesn’t always adequately address unauthorized uses of individuals’ DNA. Ethics can help establish legal privacy protections that work.

Transitions in relabeling personalized medicine as precision medicine, precision health, or wellness genomics reflect shifting the locus of responsibility for health from individuals to clinicians and in shifting focus from genetic risk to genetic enhancement.

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

Successful telemedicine ethics consultation requires knowledge of relevant laws and, for videoconferences, the physical presence of a meeting leader.

Telemedicine is fast becoming a reliable medium for convening ethics deliberations and bringing expert assistance to remote locations.

Single-procedure interventions with minimal follow-up and clear quality-of-life gain are well suited for surgical mission trips. But not all risks and benefits are easily assessed.

Global health outreach programs can risk benefitting students from resource-rich areas of the world more than the patients in resource-poor areas of the world. This month’s episode of Ethics Talk explores an alternative to academic health center-based health outreach programs.

Prognostic uncertainty about risk creates demand for ongoing communication and facilitated reflection about goals and values.