Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions.

Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation.

Humor and laughter researchers at the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (yep, that’s a thing) not only study why humor helps, but also how it can be skillfully applied.

Implementing the six-step Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice would improve experiences and outcomes while decreasing costs.

Kristen N. Pallok and David A. Ansell’s “Should Clinicians Be Activists?” highlights how physician activists risk retaliation from “economically and socially” privileged physician leaders and organizational leadership who “have been trained to comply” with structural inequity.

Dr Pilar Ortega joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Glenn Martínez, Marco A. Alemán, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, and Tiffany M. Shin: “Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health.”

A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients.

When family members disagree with a patient about care planning, the physician might be able to facilitate a resolution.

Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy

The Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice follows six steps to improve clinical results and accountability and to reduce costs.