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Ethics Talk: Virtue Ethics, Moral Authority, and COVID-19

In this special video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talked with Dr Edmund Pellegrino (1920-2013) about personal virtues in shaping ethical behavior and moral authority in promoting the common good.

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Edmund Pellegrino, MD was professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University.

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Jul 2020

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee is assumed to have no conflicts of interest.

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: Virtue Ethics, Moral Authority, and COVID-19

Video

Audio

Courage and Compassion: Virtues in Caring for So-Called “Difficult” Patients

A Virtue Ethics Approach to Framing Troublesome Diagnoses

Medicine's Authority to Advocate: Responsibilities and Limitations

The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine

Author Interview: Where’s the Value in Preoperative Covenants Between Surgeons and Patients?

Loss of Frozen Embryos

作为临床和伦理目标，临床医生应如何以同情心执行重要强制干预，而非仅仅将伤害最小化？

¿Cómo deberían los médicos clínicos ejecutar intervenciones con medidas de fuerza críticas para salvar una vida con compasión, no solo para minimizar el daño, como un objetivo clínico y ético?

应如何在神经性厌食症的干预中将同情心表现为主要的临床和伦理价值观？

Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate?

Elective Transplantation for MMA Patients: How Ought Patients’ Needs for Organs to be Prioritized when Transplantation Is Not their Only Available Treatment?

How Should History of Physician Involvement in the Holocaust Inform How Physicians Approach Employers?

Ethical Considerations of Transplantation and Living Donation for Patients with Alcoholic Liver Diseases