A deliberative approach to responding to needs and vulnerabilities of unrepresented patients can help make the most of having too little information.

Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility.

Allocating resources for interventions requires consensus among stakeholders with a plurality of perspectives about how to weigh antimicrobial stewardship interventions’ risks and benefits.

Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning.

The 2004 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest Winner believes medical students must balance their desire to gain experience with clarifying their status as students to patients when there is a potential for harm.