Sarah Reinhardt, MPH, RD and Ricardo J. Salvador, PhD, MS
Clinicians should contribute to healthful, equitable, sustainable food procurement initiatives consistent with their institutions' health-promotion missions.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(10):E974-978. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.974.
A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E611-616. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.611.
Many pregnant undocumented immigrants are ineligible for public insurance covering prenatal care. National and state policies can either help or hinder patients’ access to health care that is universally recommended by professional guidelines.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E93-99. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.93.
Peter Ellis, MD, MPH and Lydia S. Dugdale, MD, MAR
Presenting all, including expensive, options to all patients means advocating not only for individual patients, but also for a just health care system.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E26-31. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.26.
Mandating processes that are not evidence based generates distress among patients and clinicians, so physician advocacy in national, state, and local policymaking is key.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E668-674. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.668.
Jonathan Alhalel, Nicolás Francone, Sharon Post, Catherine A. O’Brian, PhD, and Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH
Underrepresentation of individuals with limited English proficiency who speak Spanish is ongoing in phase 3 biomedical clinical trials and exacerbates health inequity.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E319-325. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.319.
Dr Aisha James joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Katrina A. Armstrong: “How Should Health Professions Educators and Organizations Desegregate Teaching and Learning Environments?”