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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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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Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Antibiotic Stewardship During COVID
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Olivia Kates about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Olivia Kates, MD is a third-year fellow in infectious diseases at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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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: 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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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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Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Equitable Allocation of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ruth Faden about how to fairly distribute any potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine when supply is limited.
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Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH is a professor of biomedical ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.
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Dr Faden is principal investigator of a Wellcome Trust funded-project on COVID-19 and Nigeria. She is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on the Immunization Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccines in the World Health Organization.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Who Are You Voting For, Doc? I'm Voting For You.
In this video an audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Alister Martin about the important role of health care professionals and organizations in helping patients get registered to vote especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alister Martin, MD, MPP is an emergency medicine physician and faculty at the Center for Social Justice and Health Equity at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also executive director of VotER which helps patients get registered to vote.
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Header Image Issue Behavioral Architecture in Health Care CME OffEthics Talk: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Solutions to Avoid Relying on Them
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Prof Debbie Kaminer about vaccine mandates and other policy solutions to promote herd immunity against COVID-19.
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Debbie Kaminer, JD is a professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.
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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: Vaccine Ethics and the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Arthur Caplan, PhD, about the development, production, and use of potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2.
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Arthur Caplan, PhD is the head of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
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