In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jenna Lester about racial and ethnic disparities in dermatologic care and its contributions to health inequities during this COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 

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Jenna Lester, MD is an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Video

Oct 2020

• Disparities in health and health care
• Infectious diseases/Epidemics

 

Audio

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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.

Aug 2006

Dermatology and the Changing Face of Medicine

Kelly A. Carroll

Aug 2006

Lessons in Dermatology Research: Protecting Vulnerable Research Participants

T. Howard Stone, JD, LLM

Aug 2006

Funding of Dermatology Residencies by the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries: What Are the Ethical Ramifications?

Michael J. Franzblau, MD

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Caleb Alexander about the US Food and Drug Administration's controversial decision to approve aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

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G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS is professor of epidemiology and medicine at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Video

Recorded on June 22, 2021

 

Jun 2021

• Clinical research
• Public health/Public policy intervention
• Access to care/Cost barriers
• High value care/Cost of care

Neurology Patient Care

Audio

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Dr Alexander is past chair and current member of FDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee. He is a co-founding principal and equity holder in Monument Analytics, a health care consultancy whose clients include the life sciences industry as well as plaintiffs in opioid litigation. He was also a member of OptumRx's National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

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

Aug 2013

The Terminally Ill, Access to Investigational Drugs, and FDA Rules

Valarie Blake, JD, MA

Sep 2015

After Equipoise: Continuing Research to Gain FDA Approval

Allison Kerianne Crockett, MD

Jun 2012

Antidepressants and the FDA’s Black-Box Warning: Determining a Rational Public Policy in the Absence of Sufficient Evidence

Dien Ho, PhD

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 1 of this conversation is here.

Video

 

Aug 2020

• Justice/Equitable care
• Justice/Human rights
• Disparities in health and health care

Professionalism Systems-Based Practice

Audio

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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.

Jan 2004

Human Rights and Advocacy: An Integral Part of Medical Education and Practice

Allen S. Keller, MD

Oct 2015

Health and Social Justice: The Role of Today’s Physician

Nikhil A. Patel, MS

Jun 2001

Deconstructing Disparity

Audiey Kao, MD, PhD

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