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

Patients’ adherence to recommendations can unjustly influence their candidacy for a current intervention.

Critical race theory tools of evaluating stock characters and counter stories can help clinicians and researchers illuminate experiences of those at the margins.

Medicine has always maintained social, political, and economic structures that have exacerbated Black and Brown persons’ lived embodiment of racism.

Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences.

Heightened caution, improved physician and patient communication, and equitable access are key priorities.

Device innovation has potential to improve patient outcomes over time, yet prospective benefits must be considered in light of risks.

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.

Some clinicians offering image-guided procedures have little training in palliative medicine, which is both a clinical and an ethical problem.