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Ethics Talk: Rationing Critical Care During COVID Surge

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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.

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Ethics Talk: Anti-Asian Racism During COVID and Beyond

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In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Vivian Shaw and Susanna Park about the resurgence of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Vivian Shaw, PhD is a College Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University.

Susanna Park, MA is a PhD candidate at Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

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Recorded on April 19, 2021

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Interviewees had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Ethics Talk: Equitable Allocation of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

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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.

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Personal Narrative
Dec 2018

Trafficked

Stephen P. Wood, MS, ACNP
Identifying patients who are trafficked is key to caring well for these vulnerable adults and children. But labeling patients as trafficked can stigmatize patients if clinicians aren’t trained well in trauma-informed care.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1212-1216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1212.
Viewpoint
May 2019

How Should One Live Everlasting Life?

Rachel F. Harbut
Life extension requires careful consideration of resource scarcity, justice, and what, if anything, is intrinsic to the experiences we define as human.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(5):E470-474. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.470.
Case and Commentary
Oct 2019

How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation?

Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD
Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary
Jan 2017

Human Trafficking, Mental Illness, and Addiction: Avoiding Diagnostic Overshadowing

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, ACRPS, and Joseph Stoklosa, MD
Clinicians diagnosing and treating potentially trafficked patients with co-occurring addiction and mental illness should guard against expressing negative biases.
AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(1):23-24. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas3-1701.
Viewpoint
Jun 2008

Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Commentary 1

Daniel Callahan, PhD
Should old folks who have lived their lives be allowed to place a huge economic burden on the young by using a disproportionate amount of limited Medicare resources for medical care?
Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(6):404-407. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.oped1-0806.