On this episode of Ethics Talk, Editorial Fellow Dr C. Alessandra Colaianni describes the creation of this month’s issue on palliative surgery, and Dr Wynne Morrison explains how to explore palliative surgical goal formation with children and their guardians.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: "How Pseudoscience Generated US Material and Device Regulations"

This series of 5 color oil on canvas sketches includes a sequence of images and illuminates one patient’s postoperative experiences.

Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma and breast implant illness have prompted recalls of implants.

The AMA’s Historic Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection includes images of quack devices from the early 20th century that generated oversight we now take for granted.

A 3-panel comic illustrates an offer of data to pay for health care services.

Dr Nat Mulkey and Dr Carl G. Streed Jr join Ethics Talk to discuss their article coauthored with Dr Barbara M. Chubak, "A Call to Update Standard of Care for Children With Differences in Sex Development."

Patients writing daily journal briefs about work-related activities and pain can help clinicians help them.

The BRAINEATERS series consider an artist’s experiences of diagnosis, routine surveillance, and ongoing reorientation to her future.