Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed.

Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed.

Physicians need to properly screen their patients for intimate partner abuse and provide referrals for support and counseling.

Physicians need to properly screen their patients for intimate partner abuse and provide referrals for support and counseling.

In the same way that we learn about normal variations in blood pressure, we need to learn about “normal” variations in sexual interests and practices. We want to avoid clueless questions or unintentionally inflammatory statements.

Patient-centered care means offering potentially beneficial interventions while avoiding retraumatizing a patient.

The health sector has obligations and ample opportunities to protect health by decreasing waste and motivating more system-wide sustainable clinical practices.

Human health promotion and environmental protection are values that sometimes complement each other, but sometimes conflict in BCU management.

Individualistic approaches to the collective problem of climate change are ethically inadequate. 

Communities are not affected equally by the volume and location of US health care waste.