Establishing trust is essential to a healthy patient-surgeon relationship. Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen trust. This article discusses cultural mistrust, a response shaped by historical iatrogenic harm (ie, unintentional harm caused by health…
Many health systems have adopted online patient portals that allow patients to easily view their health records. As a result, notes written by health care professionals are increasingly read by both clinicians and patients, and clinicians in specialties that routinely…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about what we owe health care workers earning low wages. The featured guests are Noelle Driver, MD, a resident in anesthesiology…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about the harms of poor-end-of-care life and how to avoid them. The featured guest is Dr Helen Chapple, a professor at…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about-based research: what it is, who it’s for, and why we should pay closer attention to it as a method of…
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Arthur Caplan about hesitancy among US health care workers to take COVID-19 vaccines.
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on the challenges and benefits of teaching Holocaust history to health professions students. The podcast consists of an interview with Matthew…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on death by neurologic criteria. The podcast consists of an interview with Ariane Lewis, MD, the director of the Division of…
The concept of mortal time is useful in exploring what the hospice care framework might offer nonhospice clinicians. While hospice patients seem distinct from those in other settings, life-threatening serious illness brings with it profound vulnerability that permeates the atmosphere…
Patients experiencing homelessness and mental illness face conditions and circumstances that deserve focused ethical and clinical attention. The first commentary on the case applies insights from qualitative research about social determinants of health to these patients’ care and dignity. The…
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