AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. 

Key unmet technological needs pertain to instrument size and adaptability secondary to the smaller pediatric robotic surgery market. 

Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery.  

The political landscape surrounding trans adolescents’ care access remains hostile, and this issue considers clinicians’ roles as protectors of patient-centered, inclusive care.

Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based.

While transgender health care has moved beyond “gender identity disorder” and “gender dysphoria” as mental illnesses, gender incongruence continues to be a source of oppression.

This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional.

Estelle v Gamble (1976) reiterates that the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution requires adequate care to be offered to all people who are incarcerated.

Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan.

A novel curriculum focused on racial trauma was implemented at Yale for medical, physician associate, and advanced practice nursing students.