Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases.

A gynecologic oncology ethics education program intended to engage students and foster open exchange was designed after review of ethics consults at a tertiary cancer center over a 15-year period.

Training in a segregated health care system means that health professions students and trainees learn bias and experience helplessness and burnout.

Unchallenged supra-geographic segregation perpetuates racial medical mythology, exacerbates myopia in health professions practice and education, and perpetuates injustice.

Professor Katie Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss what clinicians need to know about changes to the post-June 2022 legal, ethical, and clinical landscape of abortion care in the US.

This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients.

Global health training offered through UCSF’s EMPOWUR program prepares ob/gyn residents to work in under-resourced communities locally as well as globally.

Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias.

For a medical school admissions committee to consider social networking activities during the selection process without informing candidates would violate the principles of transparency and consistency and could lead to worthy applications being rejected.

An African American physician recounts the life experiences that led to her career choice and discusses the potential impact of a caregiver's race or ethnicity on patient-physician communication.