Capital and staff shortages have forced many rural hospitals to close. Private equity investment in rural hospitals has been one solution to these problems.

Preethi Subbiah joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Richard M. Scheffler: “When Does Private Equity Ownership of Physician Practices Violate ‘First, Do No Harm’?”

As private equity funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded from hospitals and nursing homes to physician practices.

Dr Robert I. Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Can Current Legal Tools Respond Adequately to Risks of Private Equity Investment in Health Care?”

One driver of the corporatization of medicine has been private equity firms’ acquisitions of physician practices.

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.

Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Private Equity Undermines Rural Health Equity.”

Private equity companies have no ethical or legal duties to patients and strive to maximize financial returns for their investors.

AMA's focus on health care for persons who are incarcerated was in response to the US Supreme Court’s 1964 Cooper v Pate holding.

Surgeons have important legal and ethical obligations to patients who are incarcerated and accompanied by carceral facility personnel.