This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on how we should pursue diversity and inclusion as key educational and professional priorities in medicine. Featured guests are Jewel Mullen,…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on street psychiatry and providing mental health services to people experiencing homelessness. Featured guest is Sheryl Fleisch, MD, associate professor of…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on palliative surgery and the process of exploring goals of surgery with pediatric palliative care patients and their guardians. Featured guests…
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Chris Beyrer about the challenges facing the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Abigail English about the ethical and legal implications of adolescents consenting for COVID-19 vaccination.
Labels commonly used in clinical settings, like “elective” or “therapeutic,” influence how we think about the justifiability of abortion. We talk with Professor Katie Watson and Dr Maryl Sackeim about how the language clinicians use to describe abortion can affect…
When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? This month on Ethics Talk, Scott Schweikart provides an overview of 3 common approaches…
What makes a drug’s price fair? In this episode of Ethics Talk, Dr Aaron Kesselheim helped us talk through drug pricing: what makes it “fair,” how drugs are priced the way they are, and what some current legislative and market-…
Health professions students often participate in global health outreach programs to benefit resource-poor areas of the world and to gain valuable clinical experience. Ethical questions arise when the sustainability and educational value of these programs is questioned. This episode of…
This month on Ethics Talk, Dr Jennifer McCormick, Dr Albert Ko, and Dr Diane Griffin join us to talk about why it’s important for clinicians to respond to health care-related false beliefs and how they can do so.
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