Dr Rob Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss whether and to what extent private equity firm’s increasing presence in health care deserves our scrutiny and what policy makers, clinicians, and patients should know about responding to private equity ownership stakes in the organizations where work and where they go for health services.

Read the full May 2025 issue on private equity in health care for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Kala Pham joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Rachel Davis: “Ethics of Learning Surgical Autonomy in Safety-Net Hospital Systems With Patients Who Are Incarcerated.”

Recorded February 6, 2025.

Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Foundations of Carceral Health Care Came From a Right to Sue.”

Recorded February 6, 2025.

Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Lawyer Cynthia Chandler joins Ethics Talk to discuss the practice of sterilization in California state prisons and Dr Anthony Loria shares new research on surgical outcomes for incarcerated patients.

Chandler interview recorded December 17, 2024; Loria interview recorded December 19, 2024.

Editorial Fellow Dr Kimberly E. Kopecky joins Ethics Talk to discuss the March 2024 issue of the Journal: “Regret in the Moral Psychology of Surgical Professionalism”

Recorded December 12, 2024.

Read the full March 2025 issue, Regret in the Morla Psychology of Surgical Professionalism, for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Dr Carlie Arbaugh joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kimberly Kopecky: “How Should Senior Surgeons Help Junior Colleagues and Trainees Experiencing Regret?”

Recorded December 17, 2024.

Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Ryan X. Lam joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Ruhi Thapar and Drs Eric J. Silberfein and Lorenzo R. Deveza: “Which Systemic Responses Should We Evolve to Help Surgeons Navigate Their Regret Experiences?”

Recorded December 17, 2024.

Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Dr Rachel Ellaway joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored Drs Lisa Graves and Tasha R. Wyatt: “How Should Professional Resistance Be Integrated Into Conceptions of Professional Accountability?”

Recorded December 9, 2024.

Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org