Marjorie Westervelt, PhD, MPH, Darius Billingsley, MD, Maya London, and Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH
Retention, student progression, and career advancement milestones are at least as important as admissions in promoting just medical education opportunity.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E937-945. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.937.
Barbara Barzansky, PhD, MHPE, Robert B. Hash, MD, MBA, Veronica Catanese, MD, MBA, and Donna Waechter, PhD
Diversity standards in medical education accreditation do not guarantee diversity but stimulate schools’ activities to recruit and retain diverse students and faculty.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E946-952. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.946.
Ruth L. Ackah, MD, Rohini R. Sigireddi, and Bhamidipati V. R. Murthy, MD
Although undocumented immigrants contribute to the pool of available organs and to the US tax base, they are not eligible for organ transplantation in most US states.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E17-25. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.17.
Drs Katrina Bramstedt and Ana Iltis discuss the development of QoL assessment tools to help patient-subjects considering reconstructive transplantation.
Professor Katie Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss what clinicians need to know about changes to the post-June 2022 legal, ethical, and clinical landscape of abortion care in the US.
Colleen E. Bennett, MD, MSHP and Cindy W. Christian, MD
When health care professionals encounter child abuse and neglect, they tend to experience a range of emotions, such as anger, sadness, and frustration.
AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E109-115. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2023.109.
Lee C. Zhao, MD, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, and Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD
Tension between realistic goals and unrealistic views about how to achieve them is compounded when patients are eager to revise a prior surgeon’s gender-affirming procedure.
AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E391-397. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2023.391.