Background: Access to dental care in mixed-race and predominantly African American wards in the District of Columbia (DC) was investigated in relation to community development. Methods: This study used high-resolution geographic information system (GIS) tools to map all general dentistry…
Dental treatment is contraindicated by some health conditions. As patients live longer and dentists treat more patients with underlying disease, patients often need general medical care before dental care can proceed. For US patients without access to health care and…
Since 1840, when the first dental school in the United States was founded, educational and policy outcomes have reinforced the separation of dentistry from medicine. Originating in serial historical divides, this separation has produced grave health inequity. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Since the mid-1990s, poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite its recognition as epidemic in scale by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Surgeon General. Americans’ poor oral health influences…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about “grateful patient programs,” pressures clinician face to fundraise on behalf of health care organizations for which they work, and whether…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about clinical and legal risk management for clinicians trying keep patients safe and for patients with complex pregnancies trying to stay…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about how members of different US Supreme Courts have interpreted the US Constitution in ways that have supported or undermined liberty…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about what clinicians need to know about changes to the post-June 2022 legal landscape of abortion care in the US. The…
Here we present a case of a patient in terminal respiratory failure refusing to consent to emergent tracheostomy in the setting of an anticipated difficult intubation. We examine ethical concerns that arise from deviations from the standard of care in…
With advances in antiretroviral therapies, perinatally infected children are now living with HIV well beyond adolescence. Parents and health care practitioners thus face the challenge of deciding how best to disclose positive serostatus to children living with HIV. Although many…
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