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.
Professor Martin Bricknell joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Professors David Whetham, Richard Sullivan, and Peter Mahoney: “How Should Access to Military Health Care Facilities Be Controlled in Conflict?”
Dr Hunter Jackson Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Joseph Procaccino and Dr Megan Applewhite: “How Should Military Health Care Workers Respond When Conflict Reaches the Hospital?”
Christopher W. Reynolds joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Camilo Sánchez Meertens: “How Should Health Systems Help Clinicians Manage Bias Against Ex-combatants?”
Professor Leonard Rubenstein joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Rohini Haar: “What Does Ethics Demand of Health Care Practice in Conflict Zones?”
AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Karel-Bart Celie, a second-year medical student at Columbia University School of Medicine, interviewed Joseph J. Fins, MD, about the work of ethics committees and consultants as they pursue professionalization and respond to changes in health care organization and practice.
Dr Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare?”
The physician's duty to provide emergency treatment to combatants on both sides in an armed conflict persists, even in the context of today's asymmetrical warfare where not everyone plays by the rules.
