Advocating for justice in health care means seeking to reduce or prevent structural violence created by policies that deny coverage to some people.

Creating comics can help physicians be better providers of trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking.

Two things clinicians should be aware of are gag laws and background check laws for gun transfers and safe gun storage.

When mandatory reporting of risk of violence is not required, physicians should balance patient autonomy and beneficence with patient and public safety.

This photorealistic illustration considers the recent wrongful arrest of University of Utah Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels.

Family planning to mitigate climate change should reflect patients’ values and preferences, which physicians should elicit during contraceptive counseling.

The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.

By supporting sustainability initiatives based on current, accurate, and unbiased evidence, physicians can fulfill their obligation to protect health.

Gene editing to enhance humans’ adaptability to climate change should consider safety, harm to be averted, succeeding generations, and social consequences.

Climate change mitigation reforms of government policy, medical curricula, and health professions organizations should be the focus of physician advocacy.