Scott Schweikart joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Clinicians in Government.”

Effective interprofessional collaboration and patient care require understanding team members’ roles and responsibilities and clear communication.

The student-faculty run Crimson Care Collaborative is a model of team-based patient care that is nonhierarchical and interprofessional.

Access to language services is required when caring for patients with limited English proficiency.

The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.

Distinctions in garb worn by health care professionals have their drawbacks, to the degree that reinforcing the differences between team members can reinforce rigid role divisions and hierarchical inequities that undermine teamwork.

Having implied that a particular clinical decision had been made to “free up a hospital bed,” the attending physician walked away without further comments to the residents or talking with the patient.

Patient safety is a medical ethics issue that must be addressed through health care teams’ open communication as well as through time-outs and checklists.