The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes.

A BMI requirement for physicians would not necessarily increase primary care doctors’ effectiveness in providing weight counseling.

If treatment may prolong death rather than saving a life, physicians must honor the informed refusal of life-sustaining intervention.

A recent journal article calls for a public policy that would require physician-researchers to demonstrate the absence of undue influence or coercion on informed consent.

Close listening is a teachable skill set in which clinicians focus sensory attention on a patient and cultivate space before speaking.

Timothy Nicholas joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Lisa Rainsong and Erin Gentry Lamb: “Using Music to Teach Health Professions Students to Listen Closely and Promote Peace.”

Dr Sana Loue joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Jared Ontko and Timothy Nicholas: “Government Obligations and the Negative Right to a Healthy Urban Environment.”