AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Emily Johnson, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, interviewed Susan Mizner, JD, about some merits, drawbacks, and alternatives to guardianship.

Dr Christy A. Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Should We Think of Early Career Cheaters as Capable of Stewardship?”

Elder self-neglect can be assessed with the Elder Self-Neglect Assessment (ESNA) and addressed by physicians’ partnering with patients to achieve common goals.

A guardian’s request to sterilize a woman with intellectual disabilities is not ethically justifiable unless the woman assents and it is to her benefit.

As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions.

The best interests of a pregnant psychotic patient can be served by determining her decision making capacity and using surrogate decision making if needed.

The president of the Association of American Medical Colleges gives reasons why medical schools need to continue affirmative action admissions policies.

This article gives a brief overview of two legal cases where students were denied admission to the University of Michigan.

Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care.

Withholding information from patients during an informed consent process is ethically unacceptable. Patients may restrict the amount of information they wish to receive or designate someone else to receive the information for them.