Public health and climate stabilization historically have competed for public funds, but investment in either good has the potential to advance both goods.

When the health care industry came under the environmental microscope, the daily work of treating patients was discovered to be highly wasteful of natural and financial resources.

Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy.

The new Veterans Health Administration policy on the use of medical marijuana was brought about by patient advocacy in 2010.

Biological and cultural differences affect the experience of pain, and misinformation and biases affect its treatment.

Trauma-informed care ensures ethical treatment for children experiencing physical or psychological distress associated with a medical event or procedure.

Reconsider regulatory and clinical frameworks for prescribing long-term opioid therapy for pain and prescribing opioids to treat OUD.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) protocols vary by surgery type and are compared, clinically and ethically, to traditional protocols.

A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches.

Clinicians should consider how structural and individual forces predispose OB/GYNs to discredit patients’ testimonies.