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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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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

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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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Case and Commentary
Dec 2002

Loss of Frozen Embryos

Linda MacDonald Glenn, LLM
Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(12):355-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.12.hlaw1-0212.
Medicine and Society
Feb 2021

Health Equity and the Circle of Human Concern

john a. powell, JD and Eloy Toppin, Jr, MPP
Being marked as an “other” outside of the circle of human concern expresses tension between principles of liberty and equality and exacerbates health inequity.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E166-174. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.166.
Case and Commentary
Mar 2016

How Should Clinicians Treat Patients Who Might Be Undocumented?

Jeff Sconyers, JD and Tyler Tate, MD

Clinicians must avoid violating professional ethical principles and patients’ legal rights and they may not ever discriminate. So, what does that mean in practice?

AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):229-236. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas4-1603.
Policy Forum
Mar 2021

Health Equity, Cuban Style

C. William Keck, MD, MPH
The health status of the US population remains poor when compared to that of similar nations. There are lessons for us from Cuba.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E258-264. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.258.
In the Literature
Apr 2021

What Might a Good Compassionate Force Protocol Look Like?

Constance E. George, MD, MA
This article considers force use in clinical settings after a triggering event—a behavioral or medical crisis—and considers how it should be implemented.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E326-334. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.326.