The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them.

Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients.

The journal invites students to share their medical training observations captured in photographs by highlighting a drawing of a DNA double helix as a symbol for the role of ethics in genetic research.

Taking care of patients whose cultures, belief systems, and family hierarchy structures differ from those on which many U.S. laws and regulations involves strategies—particularly regarding end-of-life care and surrogate decision making.

Taking care of patients whose cultures, belief systems, and family hierarchy structures differ from those on which many U.S. laws and regulations involves strategies—particularly regarding end-of-life care and surrogate decision making.

Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation.

Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care.

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