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Ethics Talk: COVID-19 in US Detention Camps

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Prof Holly Cooper about the dangerous living conditions for children and adults in US immigration detention facilities.

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Holly Cooper, JD is co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of California Davis School of Law.

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Holly Cooper previously represented unaccompanied children on the Flores case in US District Court in California. 

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Ethics Talk: Immunity Status, Social Privilege, and the Novel Coronavirus

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Kathryn Olivarius, PhD, about how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide a historical lens to examine power asymmetries and health inequities in the COVID-19 era.

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Kathryn Olivarius, PhD is an assistant professor of history at Stanford University.

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Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Ethics Talk: Antiracism, Health Equity, and a Post-COVID Future

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ibram Kendi about the impact of racist policies on historically discriminated-against groups and what it means to be an antiracist.

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Ibram Kendi, PhD is the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center and a professor of history and international relations at American University.

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Health Law
Dec 2019

What Is Prudent Governance of Human Genome Editing?

Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE
The Asilomar Conference of 1975 and the German Ethics Council offer guidance for a path towards prudent regulation in the face of unknown and significant risks.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1042-1048. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1042.
Health Law
Dec 2019

Is Gene Editing Patentable?

Lisa M. Gehrke, JD, MA
Although advisory groups like the World Health Organization question whether certain forms of gene editing should be permitted, the US Patent Office routinely issues patents protecting this technology.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1049-1055. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1049.
Medicine and Society
Dec 2019

Prioritizing Women’s Health in Germline Editing Research

Ruth M. Farrell, MD, MA, Marsha Michie, PhD, Christopher T. Scott, PhD, Rebecca Flyckt, MD, and Mary LaPlante, MD
One reason for neglect of women’s health as patients and subjects has been restrictions on uterine transfer of modified human embryos, a boundary that has now been crossed.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1071-1078. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1071.
Medicine and Society
Dec 2019

An Exclusive Interview With CRISPR

Sean C. McConnell, PhD
Clinically and ethically relevant questions are related to patient safety, therapeutic efficacy, equitable access, and global governance over humanity’s genetic legacy.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1079-1088. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1079.