Pain management of adult and pediatric burn patients should be individualized and include nonpharmacological treatment.

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

Supporting burn patients physically, psychologically, and emotionally during their recovery can be a challenge. This month on Ethics Talk, we explore how medical teams can ensure that patients are given the holistic care they need.

Patient transfers from critical care hospitals to trauma centers should be regarded as an integral part of care rather than as a detraction from it.

Withdrawing care for cosmetic reasons in cases of severe burns is examined in light of ethical principles guiding surrogates’ and clinicians’ roles.

Wound care curricula in medical school would help address problems associated with chronic wounds and overtriage of burn injuries.

Today’s modern trauma system is a relatively new phenomenon, and trauma surgeons are constantly responding to the changing needs of the populations they serve.

Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors.

Research is often conducted without the knowledge or consent of those whose tissues are banked and poses possible harms to social groups if information about a few members is unscientifically applied to all.

Physicians need to manage expectations and clearly explain the prognosis of ICU patients to their families, particularly when the outcome is a negative one.