Surgeons must know their clinical strengths and weaknesses in order to improve their skills and increase patient safety.

Physicians must express compassion when discussing risk and success rates of palliative surgery.

Three reports considered by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs are described, along with the process for revising the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics and trivia about contraceptive use.

A patient recovering from a mastectomy creates a symbolic painting representing the many important forces that impacted her journey toward healing.

Data on certain chronic conditions’ prevalence, incidence of potentially preventable morbidity, and health-harming legal factors influence approaches to care.

Expanding MLPs’ positive health impact requires secure funding.

MLP innovations seek to address patients’ criminal as well as postrelease civil legal needs.

AMA Code opinions about collaborative care, health inequity, financial barriers to health care access, and physician responsibilities for safe patient discharge from health care facilities can apply to MLPs.

Legal advocacy addresses patients’ health-harming legal needs in housing, public benefits, employment, education, immigration, domestic violence, and other areas of law.

Professor Adrienne W. Henize joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Andrew F. Beck: “What Are Epidemiological Foundations for Integrating Legal Services Into Health Care Settings?”