Wandy D. Hernandez-Gordon joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Why Community Health Workers’ Roles in Latinx Communities Are Essential.”

Eva V. Regel joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Should Clinicians Help Homeless Trauma Survivors Make Irreversible Surgical Care Decisions?”

Streamlining US health care business has raised unique privacy concerns. Bills and explanations of benefits contain protected health information that could be disclosed to someone other than the patient.

Amendments to the Common Rule and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) raise questions about broad consent and sale of health data.

Human rights asylum clinics are being established throughout the country to facilitate medical and psychological evaluations.

Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity.

Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients.

Disclosure of resident involvement in procedures should be integral to informed consent to ensure patient understanding and voluntary decision making.