Jennifer Erdrich, MD, MPH and Carlos R. Gonzales, MD
Tribal-university partnerships are fewer in education than in research, but just as important for expanding opportunity and improving health infrastructure.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E851-855. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.851.
The high prevalence of violence experienced by Native American women and femme-identifying individuals requires clinicians and staff to better understand social determinants of violence.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E888-892. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.888.
American visual and narrative representations of Native experiences suggest an obligation to look on 19th-century White American artists’ romanticizations of those experiences with humility.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E898-903. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.898.
Laurence B. McCullough, PhD, Frank A. Chervenak, MD, and John H. Coverdale, MD, MEd
The best interests of a pregnant psychotic patient can be served by determining her decision making capacity and using surrogate decision making if needed.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):209-214. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas2-1603.
Dr Jane Lee joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Gabriel Robles and Latoya Small: “What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities?”
Given full information about the risks of long-term opioid therapy, patients often see the value of exploring other options rather than thinking their physicians are reluctant to prescribe narcotics for fear of litigation or regulatory action.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(3):202-208. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.3.ecas1-1503.
To help a seriously ill young patient whose normal childhood has been disrupted, pediatricians must be more than sympathetic professionals in white coats—they must know how to motivate each patient and then go the extra mile to do so.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(5):461-464. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.5.msoc1-1505.