Articles

Medicine and Society
Feb 2018

How Should We Judge the Ethics of Illustrations in Graphic Medicine Novels?
Linda S. Raphael, MA, PhD and Madden Rowell, MD
Ethical questions about how to justly represent mistreatment or abuse are abundant in graphic novels.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(2):176-187. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.2.msoc2-1802.
Medicine and Society
Feb 2018

Parasites! Graphic Exploration of Tropical Disease Drug Development
Susan M. Squier, PhD
Developing drugs for profit is challenged in Parasites!, a patient education comic that highlights the need for unprofitable drugs for tropical diseases.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(2):167-175. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.2.msoc1-1802.
From the Editor
Jan 2018

Violence as a Public Health Crisis
Lilliana Freire-Vargas
Introduction to the January 2018 issue on clinicians’ responsiveness to violence.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):25-28. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.fred1-1801.
Art of Medicine
Jan 2018

Vialation
Dino Maglić, MD
This photorealistic illustration considers the recent wrongful arrest of University of Utah Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):99-100. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.imhl1-1801.
Health Law
Jan 2018

Law, Ethics, and Conversations between Physicians and Patients about Firearms in the Home
Alexander D. McCourt, JD, MPH and Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH
Two things clinicians should be aware of are gag laws and background check laws for gun transfers and safe gun storage.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):69-76. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.hlaw1-1801.
Medicine and Society
Jan 2018

Clinicians’ Need for an Ecological Approach to Violence Reduction
Bandy X. Lee, MD, MDiv and John L. Young, MD, MTh
Advocating for justice in health care means seeking to reduce or prevent structural violence created by policies that deny coverage to some people.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):91-98. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.msoc1-1801.
Personal Narrative
Jan 2018

Smiles, Apologies, and Drawing Trauma-Informed Care in the PurpLE Clinic
Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP
Creating comics can help physicians be better providers of trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):101-106. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.mnar1-1801.
Health Law
Jan 2018

Does Volk v DeMeerleer Conflict with the AMA Code of Medical Ethics on Breaching Patient Confidentiality to Protect Third Parties?
Jennifer L. Piel, JD, MD and Rejoice Opara, MD
Volk v DeMeerleer may conflict with professional guidelines regarding physicians’ obligations to breach patient confidentiality to protect third parties.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):10-18. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.peer2-1801.
Medical Education
Jan 2018

What If a Resident or Medical Student Is Raped? Hospitals’ and Academic Medical Centers’ Title IX Obligations
Melinda Manning, JD, MSW
Medical schools’ and hospitals’ Title IX policies should support trainees who have been victimized as well as address known incidents of sexual harassment.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):3-9. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.peer1-1801.
Policy Forum
Jan 2018

Stop Posturing and Start Problem Solving: A Call for Research to Prevent Gun Violence
Kelsey Hills-Evans, MD, Julian Mitton, MD, MPH, and Chana A. Sacks, MD
Gun violence prevention research can be furthered by private sector funding to develop and implement violence prevention programs in the clinic.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):-. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.pfor1-1801.

Articles

How Should We Judge the Ethics of Illustrations in Graphic Medicine Novels?

Parasites! Graphic Exploration of Tropical Disease Drug Development

Violence as a Public Health Crisis

Vialation

Law, Ethics, and Conversations between Physicians and Patients about Firearms in the Home

Clinicians’ Need for an Ecological Approach to Violence Reduction

Smiles, Apologies, and Drawing Trauma-Informed Care in the PurpLE Clinic

Does Volk v DeMeerleer Conflict with the AMA Code of Medical Ethics on Breaching Patient Confidentiality to Protect Third Parties?

What If a Resident or Medical Student Is Raped? Hospitals’ and Academic Medical Centers’ Title IX Obligations

Stop Posturing and Start Problem Solving: A Call for Research to Prevent Gun Violence