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Ethics Talk: Fighting Global HIV/AIDS During the COVID Pandemic

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Chris Beyrer about the challenges facing the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH is the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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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: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 1

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 2 of this conversation is here.

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Case and Commentary
Oct 2018

How Should Physicians Counsel Patients Who Live in Food Deserts?

Annalynn Skipper, PhD, RDN
Physicians can improve diets of patients who live in food deserts by providing nutrition materials, training in food preparation, and promoting nutritious food availability in communities where they practice.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(10):E918-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.918.
Case and Commentary
Oct 2018

Do Infant Formula Giveaways Undermine or Support Women’s Choices?

Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH and Anne Barnhill, PhD
Health care organizations have obligations to support all patients mothering newborns in making informed choices about formula and breast feeding.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(10):E924-931. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.924.
Case and Commentary
Oct 2018

How Should Physicians Help Patients Who Are Ill Because They Work in Agriculture?

Nicole Civita, JD, LLM
Farmworkers can become ill due to toxic exposure in their work environments. Recommending specific restrictions, educating patients on protection strategies, and partnering with agribusiness owners and allied health workers can drive development of alternatives to agricultural practices with health risks.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(10):E932-940. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.932.
Policy Forum
Oct 2018

Health Professionals as Partners in Values-Based Food Procurement

Sarah Reinhardt, MPH, RD and Ricardo J. Salvador, PhD, MS
Clinicians should contribute to healthful, equitable, sustainable food procurement initiatives consistent with their institutions' health-promotion missions.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(10):E974-978. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.974.
Policy Forum
Nov 2018

Why Health Professionals Should Speak Out Against False Beliefs on the Internet

Joel T. Wu, JD, MPH, MA and Jennifer B. McCormick, PhD, MPP
False health-related speech can cause harm, but it’s not restricted unless it’s obscene. Physicians are obliged not only to correct patients’ false beliefs, but to engage digital spaces in which false claims thrive.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(11):E1052-1058. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1052.
Case and Commentary
Sep 2019

How Should We Decide Whether and When Some Care Is Better Than No Care?

Rachel Koch, MD, John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA, and Anji E. Wall, MD, PhD
Single-procedure interventions with minimal follow-up and clear quality-of-life gain are well suited for surgical mission trips. But not all risks and benefits are easily assessed.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(9):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.729.
Case and Commentary
Sep 2017

What Does Health Justice Look Like for People Returning from Incarceration?

Lisa Puglisi, MD, Joseph P. Calderon, CHW, and Emily A. Wang, MD, MAS
Equitable transitions of care for incarcerated patients returning to the community will require physician advocacy and systems-level change.
AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(9):903-910. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.ecas4-1709.