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Ethics Talk: Publishing Science and Accelerating Discovery During and After COVID-19

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Stefano Bertozzi and Jeffrey Mackie-Mason about sustainable models of scientific publishing that advance biomedical knowledge and discovery. 

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Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD is a professor of health policy and management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and editor in chief of Rapid Reviews: COVID-19.

Jeffrey Mackie-Mason, PhD, MPP is a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and Department of Economics, and university librarian and chief digital scholarship officer at UC Berkeley.

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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.

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Ethics Talk: Unblinding COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Steven Goodman about the ethical and scientific implications of unblinding COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD is Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford School of Medicine.

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Ethics Talk: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing

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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.

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Case and Commentary
Mar 2016

How Should Clinicians Treat Patients Who Might Be Undocumented?

Jeff Sconyers, JD and Tyler Tate, MD

Clinicians must avoid violating professional ethical principles and patients’ legal rights and they may not ever discriminate. So, what does that mean in practice?

AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):229-236. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas4-1603.
State of the Art and Science
Mar 2016

Enabling Individualized Criminal Sentencing While Reducing Subjectivity: A Tablet-Based Assessment of Recidivism Risk

Pablo A. Ormachea, JD, Sasha Davenport, Gabe Haarsma, PhD, Anna Jarman, Howard Henderson, PhD, and David M. Eagleman, PhD
A new neuropsychological, game-based test battery to measure traits predictive of recidivism holds promise for individually tailoring criminal sentences.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):243-251. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.stas1-1603.
Medicine and Society
Apr 2022

Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health

Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD
Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.
In the Literature
Oct 2021

Which Priorities Should Guide Palliative Surgical Research?

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc and Christy Cauley, MD
Priorities far beyond generating morbidity or mortality data are needed to improve patients’ experiences, innovate metrics, and advance surgical palliation as a field.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E806-810. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.806.