Patients’ adherence to recommendations can unjustly influence their candidacy for a current intervention.

Critical race theory tools of evaluating stock characters and counter stories can help clinicians and researchers illuminate experiences of those at the margins.

Medicine has always maintained social, political, and economic structures that have exacerbated Black and Brown persons’ lived embodiment of racism.

Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences.

Most women requesting pregnancy termination have already decided to undergo an abortion, but some jurisdictions have implemented strategies to induce doubt and regret.

Distinguishing between elective and therapeutic abortions undermines the moral agency of patients and disproportionately amplifies moral rather than medical dimensions of the procedure.

Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.

Labels commonly used in clinical settings, like “elective” or “therapeutic,” influence how we think about the justifiability of abortion. We talk with Professor Katie Watson and Dr Maryl Sackeim about how the language clinicians use to describe abortion can affect patients’ experiences and even cause harm.

African cancer research is embedded in underresourced health care infrastructures, illuminating ethical questions about benefit sharing and governance.

IRBs must report human subject research protocol deviations and university leadership might also need to motivate compliance with federal regulations.