Because physicians view autopsies differently than families of the deceased, informed consent rather than permission should be obtained for autopsies.

Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Clinical Use of BMI.”

Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. 

This article examines conceptual limitations of extant accounts of palliative psychiatry, with a focus on obligations to distinguish among and clearly formulate goals of care. 

This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia.

An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms.

This article draws on Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed to model how health professions education can advance health equity.

Antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the fruitfulness of public health and bioethics collaborations by applying key concepts of interconnection and interdependence.

This article considers lessons about American anthropocentric thinking that can be applied to how we confer moral status to beings other than humans.

Dr John Chenault joins Ethics Talk to explain one historical view of critical theory in health professions education.