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Ethics Talk: Plight of Workers in Low Wage Jobs 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 Donald Tomaskovic-Devey about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, PhD is the executive director of the Center for Employment Equity at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Professionalism

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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: 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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Art of Medicine
Oct 2019

When Good Women Decide to Do Nothing

Phoebe Cohen
A graphic memoir documents clinical and ethical disagreements and decision points throughout a paramedic team’s time with an incarcerated patient in labor.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E902-903. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.902.
Medicine and Society
Dec 2018

Historical Situatedness of Categories’ Meanings in Medicine

Sander L. Gilman, PhD
Dichotomies, such as reconstructive vs aesthetic surgery and medical vs cosmetic dermatology, can distort meanings of surgical procedures. This can compromise the value of procedures themselves and practices for their reimbursement.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1188-1194. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1188.
Art of Medicine
Jan 2019

Sofia’s Story: The Sad Reality Behind a Humanitarian Crisis

Rohail Kumar, MD
This graphic storybook portrays an undocumented child in the United States who is denied fundamental human rights to health care, education, shelter, and food.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E111-112. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.111.
Policy Forum
Feb 2020

How Should Cervical Cancer Prevention Be Improved in LMICs?

Weyinshet Gossa, MD, MPH and Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
Cervical cancer has become rare in high-income countries but is a leading cause of mortality among women in low- and middle-income countries. This inequity is an epidemiological tragedy.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E126-134. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.126.