Dr Lisa M. Lee joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anita L. Allen: "How Should Clinicians Own Their Roles as Past and Present Exacerbators of Health Inequity and as Present and Future Contributors to Health Equity?”

AMA Journal of Ethics editor Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, interviewed Richard Pan, MD, MPH, about how, as a physician and legislator, he seeks to protect public health in light of recurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.

Maya Roytman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Critical Pedagogy in the Health Professions.”

The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.

Clinicians’ disclosure of their immigration status could help or undermine patient-clinician relationships. Which factors matter most?

Kristen N. Pallok and David A. Ansell’s “Should Clinicians Be Activists?” highlights how physician activists risk retaliation from “economically and socially” privileged physician leaders and organizational leadership who “have been trained to comply” with structural inequity.

Successful implementation of initiatives to improve screening and access to health-promotion activities at minority-serving religious institutions requires partnering with faith-based organizations, adapting interventions, and leveraging organizational infrastructure and social networks.

Students and residents might not fully use available interpreter services due to time pressures and a lack of incentives from supervisors.

Physicians can approach patients’ incarceration history in ways that mitigate stigma and strengthen therapeutic alliance.

Vegan patients screened for vitamin and mineral deficiencies might benefit from supplements, but physicians are obliged to discuss lack of regulation in the supplement industry and possible risks.