Supporting burn patients physically, psychologically, and emotionally during their recovery can be a challenge. This month on Ethics Talk, we explore how medical teams can ensure that patients are given the holistic care they need.

When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? We discuss ethical complexities of caring for unrepresented patients.

Dr Christopher Whaley joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Austin Frakt: “If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important?”

Dr Kevin Schulman joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Barak Richman: “Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm.”

Dr Harold A. Pollack joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care.”

John Meyer joins Ethics Talk to discuss how “human-centered” design can help remove barriers to care and forge solidarity between patients and clinicians, and multidisciplinary artist Eve Payor talks about her projects with the Atlantic Center for the Arts and how soundscape ecology can help us understand effective sound design in health care settings.

Dr Anna L. Westermair joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Manuel Trachsel: “Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care.”

Ramya Sampath joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?”

Instructing a surrogate to make one's end-of-life decisions should be a social, morally guided decision, not a purely personal one.

Zachary Verne joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Jeffrey Zabinski: “How Should We Expand Access to Psychedelics While Maintaining an Environment of Peace and Safety?”