An emerging medical ethics issue is whether to delay posting pathology reports to electronic health records (EHR) to allow clinicians time to follow up.

Emergency medical consultations share with other emergencies the need for prompt action, potentially without information or tools ordinarily available.

Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care.

Dr Charles E. Binkley joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: "How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes?"

Dr Myrick C. Shinall, Jr joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?”

Drs Michael Young, Robert Regenhardt, and Leonard Sokol join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Dr Thabele Leslie-Mazwi: "When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative?"

The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability.