Ethics and science inform EMTs’ and paramedics’ decisions to initiate, continue, or terminate resuscitation.

In prehospital settings, clinicians make difficult decisions that need to be made quickly and be within their scope of practice and skill set.

This article investigates roles of storytelling in human evolution and how sharing stories informs embodied experiences.

One driver of the corporatization of medicine has been private equity firms’ acquisitions of physician practices.

Preethi Subbiah joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Richard M. Scheffler: “When Does Private Equity Ownership of Physician Practices Violate ‘First, Do No Harm’?”

This article explains how some investment practices of private equity firms generate profit by taking advantage of inequitably underserved patients in the US health care system. 

Dr Robert I. Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Can Current Legal Tools Respond Adequately to Risks of Private Equity Investment in Health Care?”

Private equity firms’ acquisition and management of physicians’ practices have been associated with increased cost and diminished quality.

Be cautious about drawing conclusions from a narrow sample of literature about private equity based on studies in one sector.

Dr Ryan C. McDevitt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ambar La Forgia: “How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms?”