AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Dr Lisa Fuller joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Should Organizations and Clinicians Help Marginalized Patients Manage Loneliness as a Harm of Climate Change?”

Kathleen Wong joins Ethics Talk to discuss her comic: “Lit, Unread, Unrested.” 

Loneliness is an endemic experience of immigrants to the United States that could be mitigated by cultural brokerage practices in clinical settings. 

Sources of patient demand are also sources of light pollution that compromise rest.

Dr Andrew P. Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Hasah Alheneidi: “The Internet and Loneliness.”

Health consequences of social isolation and loneliness include worse morbidity and mortality, and “social prescribing” is one way to intervene.

Dr Pamela B. Teaster joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss public health ethics teaching during the waning COVID-19 pandemic.

Research is needed to determine the direction of causality between loneliness and internet use.

Loneliness is linked to health problems and is comorbid with authoritarian politics.

Dr Jane Lee joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Gabriel Robles and Latoya Small: “What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities?”