AMA Journal of Ethics

This drawing considers masks’ transformation from an evidence-based public health measure to a political symbol during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Artist and physician unite in a joint vision that reflects the magnitude of the pandemic and the fight for survival.

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.

Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways.

A just culture perspective suggests that punitive responses to those who err should be reserved for those who have willfully and irremediably caused harm.

Nudges can improve patient outcomes, but decisions need to be made about where they fit in the flow of health service delivery.

This photograph depicts a gateway at the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal, a medieval Flemish hospital.

This pen and ink drawing reimagines a white coat in the context of medicine’s realistic, not idealized, dynamism.

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.