Dr Casey Patrick joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “According to Which Criteria Should a Return EMS Trip of Long Duration and Distance Be Deemed Ethically Justifiable?”

It’s a challenge to manage care for homeless people who have chronic health problems and seek warmth and safety in hospital emergency rooms.

It’s a challenge to manage care for homeless people who have chronic health problems and seek warmth and safety in hospital emergency rooms.

Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing.

An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech.

Patient bias towards clinicians and employees in health care is common, but policy to address bias and support staff is relatively limited.

Concrete protocols for supporting trainees include convening team meetings, tracking bias incidents, collecting data, and initiating protective changes in culture.

When patients express overt racism, caregivers need to feel safe and supported. The scope of organizations’ responsibilities to make that happen needs to be clearly defined.

Compassion for vulnerable patients is essential to the art of medicine, which has not advanced with the science of medicine.

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.