AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Clinicians diagnosing and treating potentially trafficked patients with co-occurring addiction and mental illness should guard against expressing negative biases.

Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused.

Principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence guide trauma-informed care. Care ethics should also support this framework for responding to the health needs of trafficked patients.

Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria.

Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care.

Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.