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Ethics Talk: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and COVID-19

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Carla Perissinotto about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Geriatrics Patient Care

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Ethics Talk: Caring for Incarcerated Individuals During COVID-19 Pandemic

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Brie Williams about protecting those among us in and near correctional facilities during a public health emergency.

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Brie Williams, MD, MS is a professor of medicine and the director of Amend at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Geriatrics Patient Care

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Brie Williams has served as a consultant to departments of corrections and the courts to assess and improve the health of incarcerated patients.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Medical Education
Oct 2021

Teaching Palliative Care in Surgical Education

Jessica H. Ballou, MD, MPH and Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH
Calls to expand palliative care education have been explicit since the 1990s, but palliative care training in surgery remains too narrowly focused on end of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E800-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.800.
In the Literature
Oct 2021

Which Priorities Should Guide Palliative Surgical Research?

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc and Christy Cauley, MD
Priorities far beyond generating morbidity or mortality data are needed to improve patients’ experiences, innovate metrics, and advance surgical palliation as a field.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E806-810. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.806.
Art of Medicine
Sep 2020

Ageism as a Species of Bias

Elisabeth Miller, MD
Good health care for elders requires acute ethical attention to the role of ageism as a pervasive source of bias.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E814-815. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.814.
Case and Commentary
Dec 2018

When Should Iatrogenic Polypharmacy Be Considered a Disease?

Christine Wieseler, PhD
When symptoms of polypharmacy are consistent with those of difficult-to-diagnose disorders, reliable determinations about which drugs are necessary is critical.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1133-1138. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1133.
Letter to the Editor
Oct 2017

Capacity Determinations and Elder Self-Neglect

Joshua M. Baruth, MD, PhD and Maria I. Lapid, MD
Elder self-neglect can be assessed with the Elder Self-Neglect Assessment (ESNA) and addressed by physicians’ partnering with patients to achieve common goals.
AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1047-1050. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr2-1710.