For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear.

Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions.

Dr Brandon Morshedi joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Faroukh Mehkri: “Should a Physician Ever Violate SWAT or TEMS Protocol in a Mass Casualty Incident?”

This series of 5 color oil on canvas sketches includes a sequence of images and illuminates one patient’s postoperative experiences.

Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning.

Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care.

Physicians should be aware of the powerful impact celebrities’ cancer narratives can have on patients’ experiences of their illnesses and treatment decisions. Partnering with celebrities is one strategy for delivering evidence-based health information and messaging to the public.

Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation.