AMA Journal of Ethics

Felix Gonzalez-Torres' and Gregg Bordowitz’s works express their experiences of living through a pandemic and subsequent social change, and draw out key human rights themes.

Consensus about clinicians’ roles in civic engagement is lacking, but there is no denying that public policy and participation in democracy affects the health and well-being of patients and communities.

Social work perspectives on whether prescribers should authorize opioid refills emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to patient self-determination.

Key policy changes would better situate clinicians to prescribe care in ways that are ethical, safe, and effective.

Responding to opioid use disorder as a US public health crisis requires all clinicians to recognize addiction as a treatable disease.

Six recommendations focus on specific actions to help reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic.

Pharma has long marketed opioids in ways that contribute to opioid use disorder and deaths by overdose. Regulatory mistakes in approving and labeling new analgesics by the FDA didn’t make us safer.

This painting memorializes the lives of people who died in the COVID-19 pandemic and people who have died from police brutality.

Alleviating pain is one of the oldest duties charged of physicians, but their prescription pads are a source of one of the gravest public health threats facing the United States today.

Considering chronic opioid use when planning elective surgery would likely enhance team communication, decrease stigma, and facilitate care transitioning and long-term planning.