Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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…
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jennifer Ho about understanding and combatting the spread of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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.
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
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…
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
American health care is rife with inequity in access to services. Even among people with insurance, inequity can result from insurers’ decisions about which services to cover. These decisions are often based on economic models that are seemingly objective but…
Posted on January 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) provides a formal assessment of trade-offs involving benefits, harms, and costs inherent in alternative options. CEA has been increasingly used to inform public and private organizations’ reimbursement decisions, benefit designs, and price negotiations worldwide. Despite the lack…