AMA Journal of Ethics^®

When regulatory decisions express overconfidence, one risk is that the costliness or misinformation will exacerbate health inequity.

When health care professionals encounter child abuse and neglect, they tend to experience a range of emotions, such as anger, sadness, and frustration.

Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity.

Drs Andrea Asnes and Sundes Kazmir join Ethics Talk to discuss medical child abuse, sites of pediatric neglect, and how clinicians can best carry out their responsibilities as mandatory reporters.

If it is ethically justifiable for clinicians to err by overreporting suspected abuse and neglect, we must fairly distribute benefits and harms among all children and families.

Separation of children from their parents is one possible traumatizing consequence of a mandated report, which is not to be taken lightly.

Dr Colleen E. Bennett joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Cindy W. Christian: “How Should Clinicians and Students Cope With Secondary Trauma When Caring for Children Traumatized by Abuse or Neglect?”

During or after conflict, a clinician might be required to provide evidence to an official investigatory body or court.

Responding to patients violating US health commerce regulations can be critical when they buy and use unproven interventions.