Dr Katherin M. Duthie joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kathryn A. Dong: “How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD?”

Severe withdrawal, risk of patient-initiated discharge, and some inpatients’ uses of substances prompt questions considered in this commentary.

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

Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements.

Dr David Marcus joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as ‘Too Medically Complex’ for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another?”

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

Dr Emma Cooke joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Holland Kaplan: “How Should Technology-Dependent Patients’ Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing?”

Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services.

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 article summarizes AMA Code of Medical Ethics' guidance about patient transfer practices and discharge planning.