The risks of misinformation being spread through online patient forums can be mitigated by communication strategies aimed at physicians and organizations.

Commentary by Aveena Kochar, MD, and Alia Chisty, MS, MD Co-creative teams can overcome conflict by drawing on quality improvement principles.

Incorporate palliative care ethics into research, education, practice, and systems design to reduce moral distress.

Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics.

A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists.

The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication.

Because physicians view autopsies differently than families of the deceased, informed consent rather than permission should be obtained for autopsies.

Strategies for improving health care ethics consultation should appeal to key stakeholders in hospitals and not just the academic bioethics community.

Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit.

Implementing the six-step Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice would improve experiences and outcomes while decreasing costs.