Diagnostic utility of weight and body mass index is widely overestimated, and their use as health and wellness measures can be sources of iatrogenic harm.
AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E540-544. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2023.540.
Antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the fruitfulness of public health and bioethics collaborations by applying key concepts of interconnection and interdependence.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E162-170. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.162.
A review of three journal articles shows the significant impact that poverty has on physical and mental health status, as well as all causes of mortality.
Distinctions between treatment and enhancement, and between supposedly authentic and inauthentic tools, often inform judgments about what is morally acceptable in sport.
Narrative ethics derives its ethical force from continually comparing and critiquing new narratives against existing narratives that guide the way we live.