This manuscript canvasses clinical, legal, and ethical dimensions of turfing and dumping that deserve investigation.

Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware.

Turfing is a colloquialism that refers to what clinicians do to patients whose needs do not fit neatly and tidily into typical clinical placement protocols.

This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing.

Growing familiarity with health risks of loneliness and isolation highlight the importance of social connection in lived environments and communities.

Dr Amy E. Wendling joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “On Health and Loneliness.” 

Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy.

Loneliness is linked to health problems and is comorbid with authoritarian politics.

Despite legal protections for services for patients with LEP, some places have limited capacity to offer them.

Dr Rajesh R. Tampi joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Aarti Gupta and Iqbal Ahmed: “Why Does the US Overly Rely on International Medical Graduates in Its Geriatric Psychiatric Workforce?”