When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.

Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed but not available to make health care decisions for a patient.

Law doesn’t always adequately address unauthorized uses of individuals’ DNA. Ethics can help establish legal privacy protections that work.

Many nonphysician health care practitioners are looking to expand their scope of practice.

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

The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics' opinion on the use of databanks in genomic research requires informed consent by groups and individuals who are subjects of research.

Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base.

Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy.

PSOs are not required to share their data, which limits the ability to achieve a much-needed national perspective. Regardless, the are a step in the right direction.