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…
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Christopher Ogolla about equal protection under the US Constitution to advance health equity during this COVID-19 pandemic.
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Alisson Sesso about the devastating impacts of medical debt, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, and how RIP Medical Debt helps to abolish this financial…
This commentary examines 4 ethical issues in a case of clinicians considering conducting research on children in conflict zones: (1) whether any time or resources should be taken away from treating acute injuries in order to conduct research; (2) obtaining…
Military clinicians face unique ethical challenges in conflict zones, particularly if conflict reaches a health care setting. Although the ethical challenges of rationing and triaging while fulfilling obligations to individual patients are not dissimilar to those civilian clinicians encountered during…
Clinicians in post conflict health care settings can be tasked with caring for patients who are ex-combatants. This commentary responds to a case of a health worker with duties to care for ex-Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia combatants. Specifically, this…
This commentary on a case analysis examines the principles that govern decisions about which patients might be admitted to an international military hospital during humanitarian or combat operations. It explores the balance between duties under the Geneva Conventions and other…
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