This manuscript distinguishes between constructive regret and destructive regret, which can lead to emotional withdrawal and impaired decision-making.

Some regret experiences stem from incomplete communications or miscommunications about options, expectations, or prognoses.

Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable.

This article considers how the AMA Code of Medical Ethics can support physicians while they cope with regret about a patient’s poor outcome.

Sarah L. Spaulding joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Katherine Fischkoff: “How Should We Understand Regret as a Moral Psychological Experience That Can Influence Clinical Decision-Making?”

Recent publicity draws attention to pain with intrauterine device insertion.

Patients’ pain experiences are subjective, diverse, and can be based on trauma, adverse childhood events, and previous labor.

Dr Veronica Hutchison joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Eve Espey: “How Should IUD Placement Pain Be Described and Managed?”

This commentary on a case suggests merits and drawbacks of shared decision-making as one approach to Certificate of Need assessments.

This commentary on a case considers how clinicians can help nonbinary patients minimize potential harms of psychedelics.