Dr Kristen R. Choi joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Bantale Ayisire: “When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered?”

Dr David Marcus joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as ‘Too Medically Complex’ for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another?”

Sarah L. Spaulding joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Katherine Fischkoff: “How Should We Understand Regret as a Moral Psychological Experience That Can Influence Clinical Decision-Making?”

Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable.

Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements.

Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians.

Some regret experiences stem from incomplete communications or miscommunications about options, expectations, or prognoses.

Algunas experiencias de arrepentimiento surgen de comunicaciones incompletas o malas comunicaciones sobre opciones, expectativas o pronósticos.

This manuscript distinguishes between constructive regret and destructive regret, which can lead to emotional withdrawal and impaired decision-making.

Este manuscrito distingue entre el arrepentimiento constructivo y el arrepentimiento destructivo, que pueden conducir al retraimiento emocional y al deterioro de la toma de decisiones.