Private equity firms’ acquisition and management of physicians’ practices have been associated with increased cost and diminished quality.

Private equity investments in health care have grown to over $750 billion in the past decade and include every segment of the US health sector.

Patients’ rights to evidence-based standard of care should not be compromised for patients who are incarcerated.

Incarceration history adds to the clinical and ethical complexity of surgical care for patients who require an ostomy, especially when secondary to trauma.

Most surgical inpatients who are incarcerated are not permitted to have visitors while hospitalized.

Some regret experiences stem from incomplete communications or miscommunications about options, expectations, or prognoses.

This article considers how the AMA Code of Medical Ethics can support physicians while they cope with regret about a patient’s poor outcome.

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

Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable.

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