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Ethics Talk: Virtue Ethics, Moral Authority, and COVID-19

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In this special video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talked with Dr Edmund Pellegrino (1920-2013) about personal virtues in shaping ethical behavior and moral authority in promoting the common good.

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Edmund Pellegrino, MD was professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University.

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Professionalism

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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: Advance Care Planning and End-of-life Care in the COVID Era

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Helen Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, about challenges and opportunities to illicit and honor patients’ health care preferences during this pandemic.

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Helen Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN is a professor of nursing, ethics and interdisciplinary studies at Creighton University.  

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Internal Medicine Infectious Disease Hospitalist Medicine Patient Care

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Case and Commentary
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How Should Clinicians Treat Patients Who Might Be Undocumented?

Jeff Sconyers, JD and Tyler Tate, MD

Clinicians must avoid violating professional ethical principles and patients’ legal rights and they may not ever discriminate. So, what does that mean in practice?

AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):229-236. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas4-1603.
In the Literature
Apr 2021

What Might a Good Compassionate Force Protocol Look Like?

Constance E. George, MD, MA
This article considers force use in clinical settings after a triggering event—a behavioral or medical crisis—and considers how it should be implemented.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(4):E326-334. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.326.
Original Research
Mar 2021

African American Nurses’ Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research

Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA, Lauren M. Edgar, MSN Ed, RN, Tracey Johnson-Glover, MSN, RN, and Christine Y. Lu, PhD, MSc
Recent popular interest in Henrietta Lacks has prompted interest in better engaging AA nurses and communities.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(3):E240-251. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.240.
Case and Commentary
Jan 2022

Why Should Primary Care Clinicians Learn to Routinely Examine the Mouth?

Jesse Feierabend-Peters, MD, PhD and Hugh Silk, MD, MPH
Despite availability of good national oral health curricula for medical trainees, most physicians are ill-equipped to identify oral cancers or avoid unnecessary referrals.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(1):E19-26. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.19.