From nurses to surgeons to chaplains, readers challenge how — and by whom — the hardest conversations in medicine should happen.

Sensitive communication and giving patients space to voice their concerns are key to managing obesity, says a senior obesity specialist nurse.

The types of ethical dilemmas reported by the oncology nurses fell into 3 main categories: (a) truth telling, (b) conflicting obligations, and (c) futility. Similar concepts were grouped into 4 ...