Milwaukee has become home to one of the largest US populations of Rohingya refugees, who face barriers to health care, including poor service integration impeded by the absence of a formal written language. Clinicians also face barriers to delivering adequate,…
Classroom-based interprofessional education (IPE) has been shown to improve medical students’ understanding of IPE competencies, but less is known about how those skills apply in clinical environments. This study assesses an IPE session’s influence on medical students’ interactions with cross-disciplinary…
This commentary on a case considers when physicians offering health advice on diet has potential to undermine trust. If physicians fail to model behaviors for which they advocate, they could be targeted by media or have disputes with colleagues, which…
The nutrition care process (NCP) accounts for a person’s biological sex characteristics but does not adequately address their gender. Yet dietary choices express one’s social identity in ethically and clinically relevant ways. Persons identifying as men tend to eat meat…
This article presents 5 general points that every clinician should know about animals, health, and the environment, focusing on why animals matter for their own sakes, why animals matter for health and environmental threats, why health and environmental threats matter…
This commentary on a case suggests why health care organizations have responsibilities to serve food to their patients, guests, and employees that is ethically, nutritionally, culturally, and religiously appropriate. This article also investigates how inclusive, equitable, sustainable food services are…
Most meatpacking workers are Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers earning low wages and at high risk for occupational injury. Most meat and poultry plants have on-site workplace clinics (OWCs) where workers are required to obtain care for work-related injuries or…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about facial feminization surgery and how clinicians can best support patient decisions around gender-affirming care. The featured guest is Eric Plemons,…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about the history of IPE training, which professionals are included in IPE and how effective interprofessional training increases patient safety. The…
Large precision health initiatives like the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us campaign raise important ethical questions about consent, privacy, and inclusivity. On their monthly podcast, the AMA Journal of Ethics explored strategies for protecting participants and ensuring that…
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