Dr Geoff Hollett joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Jennie B. Jarrett: “How Should Resources From National Stockpiles Be Managed?”
Although measures of patient satisfaction are being used to improve patients’ hospital experience, implementing incentives based on these measures may be premature and have unintended consequences for care delivery.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(7):616-621. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.7.ecas3-1507.
Hilary Daniel joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Courtney Perlino and Dr Amy B. Cadwallader: “Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?”
Elderly persons should not be excluded from participation in clinical trials for cardiovascular drugs since that population comprises the largest number of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Racial integration in American organized medicine was very slow to come, and many wrongs were committed in the name of reunifying the country's doctors after the Civil War.
The use of drones and satellite imagery for humanitarian purposes raises threats to the core humanitarian principles of impartiality and respect for the independence of those being aided if disaster victims are not included in disaster planning.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):931-937. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.stas1-1510.