Dr Sean C. McConnell provides an introduction to gene editing, and Scott J. Schweikart discusses what prudent governance requires.

Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention.

Redirecting focus from treatment to prevention is a global public health imperative.

HPV tests are alternatives to Pap smear screening that enable women to self-collect specimens and might be the best cervical cancer prevention strategy for many.

Cervical cancer has become rare in high-income countries but is a leading cause of mortality among women in low- and middle-income countries. This inequity is an epidemiological tragedy.

As larger organizations become more influential in the health care sector, the Code can help physicians navigate those organizations’ influence on their practices.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) protocols vary by surgery type and are compared, clinically and ethically, to traditional protocols.

Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation.

Legacy patients are so-called because their opioid use behaviors express past, aggressive opioid prescribing by a clinician. Managing their pain and dependence justly is ethically complex.

Social work perspectives on whether prescribers should authorize opioid refills emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to patient self-determination.