Elizabeth A. Sonntag, MD, Keyur B. Shah, MD, and Jason N. Katz, MD
Devices alter heart failure etiology, and specialists must navigate more ethical complexity than ever. How should curricula evolve to help them respond?
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E407-415. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.407.
Case-based teaching, longitudinal application, and training in ethical deliberation can better prepare physicians to responsibly prescribe and manage opioids.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E636-641. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.636.
Changes made in 2017 to the World Medical Association Physician’s Pledge strive to keep in step with geopolitical trends by addressing patient autonomy and collegiality.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E796-800. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.796.
Dr Crystal M. Hayes joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anu Manchikanti Gomez: “Alignment of Abolition Medicine With Reproductive Justice.”
Residency programs should include a system composed of night float teams, wide cross-coverage, and effective communication at the time of patient hand-off in order to maintain an 80-hour work week.
A physician argues in favor of moving family residency programs into local ambulatory clinics as a way to strengthen community-based physicians and link practical patient care to academic medical centers.