Dr Carmen Black joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Amanda Calhoun: “How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms.”
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.”
Dr Noelle Driver joins Ethics Talk to discuss the status of health care workers earning low wages, and Pheobe Cohen shares how her own experience in health care helps motivate her artistic practice as a comic maker.
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.”
Dr Rozalina G. McCoy joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Andrew J. Torres: “How to Better Value EMS Clinicians as Key Care Team Members.”
Dr Susan Veldheer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Daniel R. George: "Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities.”
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.