Antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the fruitfulness of public health and bioethics collaborations by applying key concepts of interconnection and interdependence.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E162-170. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.162.
When patient autonomy became a closely held value in medical ethics in the 1960s and '70s, the physician’s conscience-based right to refuse to deliver a given service began to be contested.
The concept stewardship borrows from collective action problems that cannot be solved by individuals only, just like those discussed in environmental ethics.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E479-485. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.479.
Newly arrived immigrants seeking health care in the United States encounter several problems including language, cultural, societal, and logistic barriers.