Description
In this special episode of Ethics Talk, Dr Jake Young, poet and senior policy analyst with the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, joins us to discuss his poem “A Rare Bone Disease” and how creative arts, including poetry, can help enhance ethical inquiry’s power and richness.
Jake Young, PhD, MFA, MPH is a senior policy analyst at the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois. Young earned a PhD in English at the University of Missouri, an MFA in creative writing at North Carolina State University, and an MPH in health policy at the University of Chicago, where he was also a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. His specializations include literary studies, foodways, bioethics, and public health policy.
Recorded May 15, 2025.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee disclosed no conflicts of interest.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
