Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA, Sofia Locklear, PhD, Sarah McNally, MPH, Lannesse Baker, MPH, and Sacena Gurule, MPA
Data quality for and about American Indian/Alaska Native people is undermined by deeply entrenched, colonial practices that have become standard in US federal data systems.
AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(1):E44-50. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2025.44.
Modern epidemiological science developed as domestic and international infectious disease transmission accompanied industrialization and colonial military expansion.
AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(1):E58-63. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2025.58.
Dr Jeanne Kisacky joins Ethics Talk to discuss changes in hospital design from the late 1800s to the present, and human-centered design specialist John Meyer explains how “design thinking” can help health professionals provide better care for patients.
The European Dementia Village is a pioneering health care site, and a US-based model is the Dementia Friendly City Center, which integrates service delivery into adaptive reuse and urban revitalization.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(12):E938-947. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.938.