AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Quality control testing is ethically and clinically key to increasing transparency in excipient supply chains.

Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Kavitha Nallathambi: “How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?”

Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored.

This series of digital drawings considers how design influences patients’ experiences.

Dr Morgan C. Shields joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Zohra Kantawala and Dr Ramesh Raghavan: “Why Patient-Centered Built Environment Standards Matter More Than Numbers of Beds in Inpatient Psychiatry”

Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity.

Examining modern design trends in historical context is more clinically and ethically important than ever.

Dr Allie Slemon joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Shivinder Dhari: “When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks?”

Architect Stefan Lundin joins Ethics Talk to discuss how the design of mental health facilities contributes to safety and to patient healing.

This article canvasses extant literature on values, evidence, and standards for inpatient psychiatry units’ design.