Lack of training and lack of knowledge can adversely influence a patient’s clinical outcomes.

Jeffrey Bedard joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: "What Should Patients Be Told About Device Representatives’ Roles at the Point of Surgical Care?"

Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways.

When errors happen, too often clinicians are at odds with each other about how to respond to a patient or a patient’s loved ones after that patient suffers harm.

When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to iatrogenesis in pediatrics.

Clinicians caring for pediatric patients can face a dilemma of whether to respect parental autonomy or uphold the patient’s best interests.

Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients.

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.