Dr Isabelle Freiling joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Nicole M. Krause and Dr Dietram A. Scheufele: “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation.”

Supporting burn patients physically, psychologically, and emotionally during their recovery can be a challenge. This month on Ethics Talk, we explore how medical teams can ensure that patients are given the holistic care they need.

Principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence guide trauma-informed care. Care ethics should also support this framework for responding to the health needs of trafficked patients.

Physicians have an ethical obligation to provide not only clinical care but also forensic examinations to human trafficking victims in conflict zones.

Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider?

The four-quadrant approach can illuminate ethical issues in burn care related to decision-making capacity, respect for autonomy, and medical futility.

The advent of force-feeding in the new century in the context of conflict and protest made it necessary to clarify and revise the whole concept of artificial feeding and force-feeding.