William M. Hart, MD, Patricia Doerr, MD, Yuxiao Qian, MD, and Peggy M. McNaull, MD
When errors happen, too often clinicians are at odds with each other about how to respond to a patient or a patient’s loved ones after that patient suffers harm.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E298-304. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.298.
Legacy patients are so-called because their opioid use behaviors express past, aggressive opioid prescribing by a clinician. Managing their pain and dependence justly is ethically complex.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E651-657. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.651.
A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E695-701. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.695.
Wandy D. Hernandez-Gordon, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), CLC, CCE(ACBE)
CHWs’ work underscores need for clinicians and organizations to respond to deeply entrenched, long-standing patterns of oppression in ways that draw upon lived experience.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E333-339. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.333.
Dr Crystal M. Hayes joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anu Manchikanti Gomez: “Alignment of Abolition Medicine With Reproductive Justice.”
Russyan Mark Mabeza joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Betial Asmerom, Dr Rupinder Legha, and Vanessa Nuñez: “An Abolitionist Approach to Antiracist Medical Education.”