Physicians make patients aware of those interventions that they (the patients) may then refuse. In short, informed consent is less about patient decisions than it is about restraining physicians.

Violence perpetrated against unarmed patients is common in health care, and evidence-based safety measures are needed to acknowledge and eradicate clinical violence.

Mismanagement of hospital waste can release harmful, deleterious contaminants into soil, water, and air and can have far-reaching environmental and public relations consequences.

Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex.

Los beneficios del trabajo de los médicos con el personal encargado de hacer cumplir la ley en operaciones sobre el terreno son éticamente ricos y complejos.