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Case and Commentary
Apr 2025

¿Cómo deberían proteger los miembros del equipo de cirugía a los pacientes que están privados de libertad de la vigilancia o intrusión de los oficiales del centro penitenciario?

Anna Lin, MD and Mallory Williams, MD, MPH
Case and Commentary
Feb 2025

¿Cómo se debe describir y tratar el dolor causado por la colocación del DIU?

Veronica Hutchison, MD and Eve Espey, MD, MPH

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    Medicine and Society
    Jun 2025

    Narrative, Embodiment, and Health

    Jake Young, PhD, MFA, MPH
    This article investigates roles of storytelling in human evolution and how sharing stories informs embodied experiences.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E409-413. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.409.
  • msoc1-2506
    Medicine and Society
    Jun 2025

    Lessons in Embodiment From the World of Physical Theatre

    Zoe Rose Kriegler-Wenk, MFA
    This article considers how the concept of embodiment is used in performing arts to promote mind-body integration, kinesthetic empathy, and trust.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E397-401. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.397.
  • msoc2-2506
    Medicine and Society
    Jun 2025

    Psychogeography as Embodied Connection to Place

    Zoe Rose Kriegler-Wenk, MFA and John C. Green, PhD
    This article introduces psychogeography as a research method that relies on embodied practices of drifting through a city and creative cartography.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E402-408. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.402.
  • fred1-2506
    From the Editor
    Jun 2025

    Embodiment in Art Practice

    Michaela Chan, MFA
    Artistic expression is necessarily embodied. Each art form entails different sets of movements that an artist learns through repetition and feedback.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E395-396. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.395.
  • fred1-2505
    From the Editor
    May 2025

    Is Pursuing Profit Commensurable With Providing Good Health Care?

    Jad F. Zeitouni
    Inequity in access to care and life expectancy among the highest and lowest income earners has grown, along with profits of nonclinical actors in health care.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E305-307. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.305.
  • code1-2505
    AMA Code Says
    May 2025

    Physician Engagement With Private Equity Firms

    Amber R. Comer, PhD, JD and Jake Young, PhD, MFA, MPH
    Private equity investments in health care raise several clinical and ethical questions about private equity’s influence on clinicians’ practices.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E341-345. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.341.
  • msoc3-2505 (new msoc2)
    Medicine and Society
    May 2025

    How Private Equity Undermines Rural Health Equity

    Jake Young, PhD, MFA, MPH
    Capital and staff shortages have forced many rural hospitals to close. Private equity investment in rural hospitals has been one solution to these problems.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E369-375. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.369.
  • medu1-2505
    Medical Education
    May 2025

    Should Private Equity Firms Own Residency Slots?

    Mark Varvares, MD, Jad F. Zeitouni, and Stacey Gray, MD
    Private equity margin maximization and profit-making strategies focus on acquisition, short-term ownership, and sale of health care entities, including residency program opportunities.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E325-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.325.
  • msoc1-2505
    Medicine and Society
    May 2025

    Health Inequity Profiteering by Private Equity Firms

    Thomas Statchen and Colleen M. Grogan, PhD
    This article explains how some investment practices of private equity firms generate profit by taking advantage of inequitably underserved patients in the US health care system. 
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E361-368. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.361.
  • cscm1-2505
    Case and Commentary
    May 2025

    What Are Physicians’ Duties to Patients When They Sell Their Practices?

    Lucy Xu, MD and Matthew R. Naunheim, MD, MBA
    Private equity companies have no ethical or legal duties to patients and strive to maximize financial returns for their investors.
    AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(5):E308-317. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.308.

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