AMA Journal of Ethics^®

This article considers 1990s and 2000s-era civil rights complaints in NYC and offers legal strategies for scaling health outcomes improvement nationwide.

Dr Lisa Lehmann joins Ethics Talk to discuss “grateful patient programs,” pressures clinicians face to fundraise on behalf of health care organizations for which they work, and whether “VIP” care really is better for patients.

Traditional models of medical education in the US do not teach students to problematize segregation where they train and help care for patients. 

To improve health outcomes, clinicians must move quickly yet operate slowly enough to center empathy in practice.

There are a few reasons why incentivizing clinicians to spend more time with patients can improve health outcomes.

How should clinicians cultivate relationships with technology so it functions in solidarity with patients?

Patients experiencing homelessness and mental illness face conditions and circumstances that deserve focused ethical and clinical attention.

What is health care for? Recovery strategies, techniques for becoming calm, and reminders about why stillness matters can help us find a few answers.

How should clinical environments bolster both empathy and calm socially, not just individually, to build solidarity and make space for care?

Dr Kevin Schulman joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Barak Richman: “Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm.”