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Ethics Talk: Public, Civic and Spiritual Health During COVID

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In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Patrick Smith about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Patrick Smith, PhD, MA, MDiv is associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics at the Duke Divinity School, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and core faculty with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. 

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Recorded on April 23, 2021

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Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Ethics Talk: Plight of Workers in Low Wage Jobs and COVID-19

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Donald Tomaskovic-Devey about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, PhD is the executive director of the Center for Employment Equity at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(1):E58-66. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.58.
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AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(2):E126-134. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.126.