Ryan Sallans, MA joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss how to make health care spaces welcoming for LGBTQ+ patients.

Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy

This commentary on a case considers a transgender patient’s mental health and risk for DVT in ethical decision making about feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy.

Tension between realistic goals and unrealistic views about how to achieve them is compounded when patients are eager to revise a prior surgeon’s gender-affirming procedure.

Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based.

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

PROM data can contribute to evidence-based, shared decision making and just access to gender-affirming surgical care.

Dr Eric Plemons joins Ethics Talk to discuss facial feminization surgery and how clinicians can best support patient decisions about gender-affirming care.

The Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice follows six steps to improve clinical results and accountability and to reduce costs.

Family-centered care is recommended for patients of all ages now, based on evidence that it can lead to compliance, improved communication, and better care planning. Hospitals where PFCC has been integrated report greater satisfaction among patients and staff.