AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware.

Turfing is a colloquialism that refers to what clinicians do to patients whose needs do not fit neatly and tidily into typical clinical placement protocols.

This manuscript canvasses clinical, legal, and ethical dimensions of turfing and dumping that deserve investigation.

AI technology can be implemented to avoid the drawback of diminishing social connections. 

Individualistic approaches to the collective problem of climate change are ethically inadequate. 

Growing familiarity with health risks of loneliness and isolation highlight the importance of social connection in lived environments and communities.

Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy.

Loneliness is an endemic experience of immigrants to the United States that could be mitigated by cultural brokerage practices in clinical settings. 

An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms.

Dr Steven Starks joins Ethics Talk to discuss the shortage of geriatric psychiatrists and how cross-specialty training can prepare clinicians of all specialties to care for geriatric patients.