Drs Katrina Bramstedt and Ana Iltis discuss the development of QoL assessment tools to help patient-subjects considering reconstructive transplantation.

Dr Nat Mulkey and Dr Carl G. Streed Jr join Ethics Talk to discuss their article coauthored with Dr Barbara M. Chubak, "A Call to Update Standard of Care for Children With Differences in Sex Development."

Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own.

Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own.

Despite drawbacks of immunosuppression and surgery, vascularized composite allotransplants can enhance lives of patients who meet candidacy criteria and are well supported.

An ethical case that was eventually decided in the US Supreme Court involves the right of patients to request an independent third-party review if their HMO refuses to authorize treatments or procedures deemed medically necessary.

Research should be conducted on transgender populations to inform evidence-based guidelines for gender-affirming treatment.

When is a source credible and how do beliefs about a source’s credibility influence assessments of evidence?

Dr. Oz’s advice has raised ethical questions about medicine as a profession, its evidentiary standards, and its role in maintaining public trust.

The gap between surgeons' professional idealism and clinical reality is widening because surgeons fail to keep up with the growing demand for evidence-based surgery.