AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Arina Evgenievna Chesnokova, MPH, a third-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, interviewed Megan Sandel, MD, MPH about how physicians can establish partnerships with attorneys.

Patient transfers from critical care hospitals to trauma centers should be regarded as an integral part of care rather than as a detraction from it.

Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

Withdrawing care for cosmetic reasons in cases of severe burns is examined in light of ethical principles guiding surrogates’ and clinicians’ roles.

Wound care curricula in medical school would help address problems associated with chronic wounds and overtriage of burn injuries.

Public health surveillance for infectious disease provides a model for a mandatory reporting policy for human trafficking, which poses risks for survivors.

The alarm generated by the AIDS epidemic left civil liberties proponents fearful that traditional public health responses might be imposed on newly susceptible or infected populations.

Today’s modern trauma system is a relatively new phenomenon, and trauma surgeons are constantly responding to the changing needs of the populations they serve.

Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors.

The greatest pressure to resuscitate the extremely low-birth-weight infant often results from successful marketing efforts that lead families to expect that their premature infants will be cute and healthy.