Ethics Talk: Surviving COVID Without Water and Other Utilities?
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Rianna Eckel and Jean Su about the need for a nationwide moratorium on water, electricity and other utilities shutoff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rianna Eckel is senior organizer on the national organizing team for Food & Water Watch.
Jean Su, JD is director of the energy justice program at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Recorded on February 26, 2021
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Interviewees 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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Racial and Ethnic Health Equity in the US: Part 2
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Ethics Talk: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ziad Obermeyer about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.
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Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Recorded on March 9, 2021
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Interviewee reports having equity stakes in Deep Health Dandelion Health and Berkeley Data Ventures as well as receiving speaking and consulting fees from Independence Blue Cross and Anthem.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
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Racial and Ethnic Health Equity in the US: Part 2
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Ethics Talk: Public, Civic and Spiritual Health During COVID
In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Patrick Smith about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Patrick Smith, PhD, MA, MDiv is associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics at the Duke Divinity School, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and core faculty with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine.
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Recorded on April 23, 2021
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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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Compassionate Force
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Ethics Talk: White Coats for Black Lives
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Joniqua Ceasar and Dorothy Charles about systemic racism, police brutality, and the role of health professionals in securing racial justice and health equity.
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Joniqua Ceasar, MD is a resident physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dorothy Charles, MD is a resident physician in family medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
Both are on the national working group of WhiteCoats4BlackLives.
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Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Patient Care Professionalism
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Interviewees 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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Portraiture in Health Care
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Ethics Talk: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and COVID-19
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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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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Portraiture in Health Care
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Ethics Talk: Revitalizing Democracy During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, Part 1
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with members of an American Academy of Arts and Sciences commission charged with developing recommendations aimed at restoring trust in our constitutional democracy.
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Antonia Hernandez, JD is chief executive officer of the California Community Foundation.
Wallace Jefferson, JD is former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2004-13).
Eric Liu, JD is chief executive officer of Citizen University.
Part 2 of this conversation is here.
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Professionalism
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Interviewees are members of the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
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Opioids and Public Health
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Ethics Talk: Who Are You Voting For, Doc? I'm Voting For You.
In this video an audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Alister Martin about the important role of health care professionals and organizations in helping patients get registered to vote especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alister Martin, MD, MPP is an emergency medicine physician and faculty at the Center for Social Justice and Health Equity at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also executive director of VotER which helps patients get registered to vote.
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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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Behavioral Architecture in Health Care
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Ethics Talk: Caring for Incarcerated Individuals During COVID-19 Pandemic
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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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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Anesthesiologist-Surgeon Relationships
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Ethics Talk: Caring for Homeless People During COVID-19 Pandemic
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Bobby Watts, MPH, MS, CPH, about the pressing need to care for the homeless population during this pandemic.
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Bobby Watts, MPH, MS, CPH is the chief executive officer at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.
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Infectious Disease Professionalism Systems-Based Practice
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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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Sharing Health Decisions
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Ethics Talk: Immunity Status, Social Privilege, and the Novel Coronavirus
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Kathryn Olivarius, PhD, about how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide a historical lens to examine power asymmetries and health inequities in the COVID-19 era.
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Kathryn Olivarius, PhD is an assistant professor of history at Stanford University.
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Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Patient Care Professionalism
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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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Sharing Health Decisions
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