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…
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…
International medical graduates (IMGs) tend to choose careers in geriatric psychiatry, likely because high-quality training and robust mentorship opportunities from other IMGs are available. Geriatric psychiatry offers stable career prospects and opportunities to express humanitarian impulses by working closely with…
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