Cultural failure to recognize tacit knowledge explains why credential-based knowledge has higher status and prioritizes clinicians who do not care on an hour-to-hour basis for most of our country’s elders.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E883-889. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.883.
Watie White joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Regina Idoate, Aislinn C. Rookwood, Sophia A. Quintero, Shelby Larson, Dr Arturo Aceves, and Dr Keyonna M. King: “Lead Toxicity and Environmental Health Justice Stories in Black and White Woodcut Portraits.”
Regina Idoate, PhD, Aislinn C. Rookwood, MPH, Sophia A. Quintero, MPH, Watie White, MFA, Shelby Larson, MPH, Arturo Aceves, MD, and Keyonna M. King, DrPH, MA
Healthy Housing Omaha, an environmental health nonprofit, partnered with an artist and a newspaper to raise awareness of lead poisoning.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E599-610. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.599.
Mismanagement of hospital waste can release harmful, deleterious contaminants into soil, water, and air and can have far-reaching environmental and public relations consequences.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E1013-1021. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.1013.
Successful implementation of initiatives to improve screening and access to health-promotion activities at minority-serving religious institutions requires partnering with faith-based organizations, adapting interventions, and leveraging organizational infrastructure and social networks.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(7):E643-654. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.643.
Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients.
AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):289-295. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.hlaw1-1703.