When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? We discuss ethical complexities of caring for unrepresented patients.

Editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Matthew Wynia about allocation of critical care resources and clinicians' duty to show up to work during public health emergencies.

AMA Journal of Ethics editor Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, interviewed Richard Pan, MD, MPH, about how, as a physician and legislator, he seeks to protect public health in light of recurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Hospital Design Standards and the AMA.”

Dr Olivia Kates talks about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Helen Chapple talks about eliciting and honoring patients’ health care preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Kathryn Olivarius talks about the impact of yellow fever outbreaks on the antebellum South and how this past can inform how we view the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Arthur Caplan talks about ethical issues surrounding the development, production, and use of potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

Dr Brie Williams talks about protecting those among us in and near correctional facilities during a public health emergency.

Medically futile/inappropriate treatments and rationing have distinct ethical justifications and applications and require separate policies.