The US has the most individuals who are incarcerated worldwide.

Safety-net hospitals care for patients who are incarcerated and are key environments in which surgical trainees learn to wield their professional autonomy.

Lawyer Cynthia Chandler joins Ethics Talk to discuss the practice of sterilization in California state prisons, and Dr Anthony Loria shares new research on surgical outcomes for incarcerated patients.

Kala T. Pham joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Rachel W. Davis: “Ethics of Learning Surgical Autonomy in Safety-Net Hospital Systems With Patients Who Are Incarcerated.”

Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: A Comic About COVID-19 in 2024.

Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: Talking About Teletherapy.

The first cells of this multi-panel comic represent the artist’s personal experiences of testing positive for and enduring COVID-19 in January 2024.

This comic is based on interviews of 3 individuals who consider questions about patient-therapist interactions in individual and group teletherapy.

Dr Kinnon MacKinnon joins Ethics Talk to discuss what we know about regret experiences of patients following transition-related care and, just as importantly, what we don’t.