Dr Mollie V. Willliams joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Olaitan Ajisafe: “How Should Exposure Risk to Tactical Personnel Be Balanced Against Clinical and Ethical Rescue Demand?”
Eman Mubarak joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Victoria Turner, Dr Andrew G. Shuman, Dr Janice Firn, and Dr Daicia Price: “Promoting Antiracist Mental Health Crisis Responses.”
Lloyd Duplechan joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr David Sine: “Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety.”
This article examines how the AMA Code of Medical Ethics addresses different kinds of waste generated by health care delivery streams in an era of climate change.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E967-970. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.967.
Lisa Patel, MD, MESc and Katie E. Lichter, MD, MPH
Health care generates a lot of waste that enters landfills, oceans, and incinerators and adversely affects communities close to waste processing and disposal areas.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E980-985. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.980.
Mismanagement of hospital waste can release harmful, deleterious contaminants into soil, water, and air and can have far-reaching environmental and public relations consequences.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E1013-1021. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.1013.