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.

Partnering with and engaging community members means expressing respect for community members’ on-the-ground experience.

End-stage heart failure patients can experience depression along with their chronic illness. Multidisciplinary responses are critical.

Palliation goals should inform MCS therapy duration, symptom management, and advance care planning and facilitate communication.

Researchers and clinicians face ethical and policy-based challenges in disclosing, preventing and treating psychosis. Which diagnostic labels should be considered to motivate more effective public and professional dialogue about psychosis risk?

A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs.

Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.”

Advances in CEA methodology might integrate equity at the cost of transparency.

What can American health systems developers learn from abroad? Leading programs draw on global lessons to build sustainable and effective care in the US.

Changes made in 2017 to the World Medical Association Physician’s Pledge strive to keep in step with geopolitical trends by addressing patient autonomy and collegiality.