Ethics Talk: Politics, Policy, and COVID Cartoons
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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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.
Ethics Talk: Rationing Critical Care During COVID Surge
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Matthew Wynia about implementation of crisis standards of care in response to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases that is pushing the limits of US hospitals' critical care capacity.
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Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine and public health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and directs its Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
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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.
Ethics Talk: Surviving COVID Without Water and Other Utilities?
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Rianna Eckel and Jean Su about the need for a nationwide moratorium on water, electricity and other utilities shutoff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rianna Eckel is senior organizer on the national organizing team for Food & Water Watch.
Jean Su, JD is director of the energy justice program at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Recorded on February 26, 2021
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Interviewees 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.
Ethics Talk: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ziad Obermeyer about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.
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Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Recorded on March 9, 2021
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Interviewee reports having equity stakes in Deep Health Dandelion Health and Berkeley Data Ventures as well as receiving speaking and consulting fees from Independence Blue Cross and Anthem.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Public, Civic and Spiritual Health During COVID
In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Patrick Smith about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Patrick Smith, PhD, MA, MDiv is associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics at the Duke Divinity School, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and core faculty with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine.
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Recorded on April 23, 2021
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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.
Ethics Talk: Polling, Politics, and Health Policy in the COVID-19 Era
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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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.
Ethics Talk: Plight of Workers in Low Wage Jobs and COVID-19
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Donald Tomaskovic-Devey about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, PhD is the executive director of the Center for Employment Equity at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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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.
Ethics Talk: White Coats for Black Lives
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Joniqua Ceasar and Dorothy Charles about systemic racism, police brutality, and the role of health professionals in securing racial justice and health equity.
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Joniqua Ceasar, MD is a resident physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dorothy Charles, MD is a resident physician in family medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
Both are on the national working group of WhiteCoats4BlackLives.
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Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Patient Care Professionalism
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Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and COVID-19
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Carla Perissinotto about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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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.
Ethics Talk: Revitalizing Democracy During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, Part 1
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with members of an American Academy of Arts and Sciences commission charged with developing recommendations aimed at restoring trust in our constitutional democracy.
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Antonia Hernandez, JD is chief executive officer of the California Community Foundation.
Wallace Jefferson, JD is former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2004-13).
Eric Liu, JD is chief executive officer of Citizen University.
Part 2 of this conversation is here.
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Interviewees are members of the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.