The process of being granted asylum is complex, often taking months and years. Asylum seekers face high risk of being denied asylum in the United States. As medical and psychological evaluations assist in achieving successful asylum outcomes, human rights asylum…
Physicians are ethically bound to respond to undocumented, underinsured, and uninsured patients’ health needs, even those demanding complex, expensive interventions, such as organ transplantation. A social medicine skill set of structural competency, allyship, accompaniment, and activism is required to best…
Latinx individuals represent a linguistically and racially diverse, growing US patient population. Raciolinguistics considers intersections of language and race, prioritizes lived experiences of non English speakers, and can help clinicians more deftly conceptualize heterogeneity and complexity in Latinx health experiences….
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Stefano Bertozzi and Jeffrey Mackie-Mason about sustainable models of scientific publishing that advance biomedical knowledge and discovery.
Lowell General Hospital RSS Programs are planned/presented by LGH medical staff and targets the same audience and offered (ex. weekly, monthly, bimonthly and/or quarterly. Due to the sensitive of the material presented during RSS Programs, these are for LGH Medical…
Lowell General Hospital Grand Rounds is a weekly seminar series to support the academic environment of the Lowell General Hospital Medical Staff. Topics and speakers are selected to provide faculty and trainees with up-to-date knowledge about timely issues in medicine…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinician policy makers have faced unprecedented challenges. This commentary responds to a fictional case of a clinician policy maker who heads the Office of the Surgeon General and must ponder the answers to these questions: (1)…
Clinicians using governing authority to make public health policy are ethically obliged to draw upon scientific and clinical information that accords with professional standards. Just as the First Amendment does not protect clinicians who provide advice that fails to express…
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Alister Martin about the important role of health care professionals and organizations in helping patients get registered to vote especially during this COVID-19…
Understanding papal documents from the 15th century and the nature and scope of their authority is important when working with Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities influenced by forces and structures of colonialism. Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which…
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