The National Health Care for the Homeless Council supports clinicians serving 1 million patients per year in 300 Health Care for the Homeless federally qualified health centers and 100 medical respite programs.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E835-839. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.835.
Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA and David Henderson, MD
Bigotry and discrimination predate the founding of the US, even if we only consider the status and treatment of Indigenous persons, enslaved Africans, and women.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E907-911. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.907.
Grappling with a viral pandemic, resource shortages, and inadequate response coordination, coming to terms with clinicians’ roles in the Holocaust still matters.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E3-5. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.3.
Safe patient handling laws and programs offer considerable benefits to health care workers, who have higher rates of exertion injuries than other workers.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):416-421. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.hlaw1-1604.
Force feeding, unnecessary x-rays, misusing health information, and discharging unstable patients are classic dual-loyalty dilemmas reminiscent of the Holocaust.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E38-45. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.38.
Some refugees’ illness experiences preclude them from testifying and accurately representing their own interests during asylum adjudication proceedings.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E132-139. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.132.