Identifying patients who are trafficked is key to caring well for these vulnerable adults and children. But labeling patients as trafficked can stigmatize patients if clinicians aren’t trained well in trauma-informed care.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1212-1216. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.1212.
Brooklyn Larimore, Mark Gilbert, PhD, and William M. Lydiatt, MD, MBA
Portraits of clinicians quickly became emblematic of what the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded of all of us, especially caregivers who witnessed deaths likely unprecedented in number during their careers.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E667-675. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.667.
This first-person narrative illuminates how the author—a nurse, artist, and dancer—uses the arts and movement to help patients and clinicians process personal loss individually and collectively in the hospital setting.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E681-684. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.681.
Trauma surgeons’ role in gun violence prevention is hampered by restrictions on funding for research with implications for public health interventions.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):475-482. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.msoc1-1805.