Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss how critical medicine supply chains are identified and secured.

Dr Mollie V. Willliams joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Olaitan Ajisafe: “How Should Exposure Risk to Tactical Personnel Be Balanced Against Clinical and Ethical Rescue Demand?”

Dr Siân Lewis-Bevan joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Stephen Powell: “What Might the Past Suggest About Rural Emergency Services Amidst Critical Access Hospitals’ Decline?”

James Small joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Should Rural EMS Funding Streams Be Improved?”

Representative Eric Emery joins Ethics Talk to discuss how rural EMS workers manage time as a critical resource and how legislative policy can help direct resources toward improving rural EMS service.

Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality.

When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment.

When a severely ill child comes into the emergency room, assent for emergency care is no more required than is parental permission. Conveying the needed care is the top priority.

Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable.

EMS care in rural areas of the United States has suffered from being chronically under-resourced and understaffed.