In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Matt Wuerker about his artistic process in creating cartoons that speak to matters of politics and policy arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Matt Wuerker is the staff cartoonist for Politico and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. 

Background cartoon courtesy of Matt Wuerker.

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• Ethics/Health policy
• Health policy

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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.

In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Mollyann Brodie about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.

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Mollyann Brodie, PhD is the executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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• Health policy
• Ethics/Health policy
• Infectious diseases/Epidemics

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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.

In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Vish Viswanath about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vish Viswanath, PhD is a professor of health communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 2 of this conversation is here.

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• Infectious diseases/Epidemics
• Social media
• Social media/Use by clinicians
• Social media/Use by patients

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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.

In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Vish Viswanath about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here to read the transcript.

Vish Viswanath, PhD is a professor of health communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 1 of this conversation is here. 

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• Social media
• Social media/Use by clinicians
• Social media/Use by patients
• 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.

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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• End-of-life care/Advance directives
• End-of-life care/Palliative 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.