AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Costs partly determine organizational robotics, but questions remain about whether and to what extent they should influence care decisions. 

Since their adoption during the 1990s, minimally invasive surgical techniques have demonstrated postoperative surgical recovery benefits for patients. 

Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.

Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients.

This article applies principlism to what a “shoppable service” model would demand of clinicians in practice.

Dr Mustfa K. Manzur joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Sharon Griswold and Wendy Dean: "What Should Clinicians Do When Health Services Are Improperly Billed in Their Names?"

Sarosh Nagar joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Leah Z. Rand and Aaron S. Kesselheim: “What Should US Policymakers Learn From International Drug Pricing Transparency Strategies?”

These key steps are ones health sector stakeholders should take to help patients and clinicians use pricing information to inform health decision making.

This watercolor visually considers which values our words and actions endorse.

Dr Harold A. Pollack joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care.”