Professionalism

Ethics Talk: The Ongoing Opioid Epidemic

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on the opioid epidemic and public health. The podcast consists of two interviews, one featuring philosopher and author Dr Travis Rieder…

Ethics Talk: White Coats for Black Lives

In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Joniqua Ceasar and Dorothy Charles about systemic racism, police brutality, and the role of health professionals in securing racial justice and health equity.

Ethics Talk: Disability Community Perspectives on COVID-19

Alice Wong and Dr Joseph Stramondo join us on this special episode of Ethics Talk to discuss how perspectives from the disability community can help us think more powerfully about quality of life, resource allocation, and other ethical challenges arising…

Ethics Talk: Health Equity After COVID-19

In this special edition of Ethics Talk, Dr Uché Blackstock joins us to discuss COVID-19 morbidity and mortality outcomes inequity by race and what needs to change now and postpandemic.

Ethics Talk: Othering and Belonging in COVID-19

Professor John Powell joins us for this special edition of Ethics Talk to discuss how a lens of “othering and belonging” can help us navigate our obligations to and relationships with each other, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Ethics Talk: Plight of Workers in Low Wage Jobs and COVID-19

In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Donald Tomaskovic-Devey about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ethics Talk: Polling, Politics, and Health Policy in the COVID-19 Era

In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Mollyann Brodie about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically-divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.

Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?

This commentary on a case suggests how palliative care psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders.

Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”?

Palliative interventions are intended to alleviate suffering and improve quality, not quantity, of life and are not intended to cure illness. In psychiatry, uncertainty about which interventions count as palliative stems from the fact that psychiatry generally prioritizes symptom management…