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Ethics Talk: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and COVID-19

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Carla Perissinotto about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Geriatrics Patient Care

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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: Vaccine Ethics and the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

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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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Infectious Disease Patient Care

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Medicine and Society
Jul 2021

Questioning Biomedicine’s Privileging of Disease and Measurability

Camille Kroll, MA
Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E537-541. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.537.
Art of Medicine
Sep 2020

Data, Decisions, White Coats

Christine Lynn Chen
This pen and ink drawing reimagines a white coat in the context of medicine’s realistic, not idealized, dynamism.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E818-820. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.818.
State of the Art and Science
Feb 2017

Reasonableness, Credibility, and Clinical Disagreement

Mary Jean Walker, PhD and Wendy A. Rogers, BMBS, PhD
When is a source credible and how do beliefs about a source’s credibility influence assessments of evidence?
AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(2):176-182. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.2.stas1-1702.
Personal Narrative
Mar 2009

Yes, We Do Give Frequent Flyer (S)Miles

Chris Brooks, MD
Caregivers often think that so-called “frequent-flyer” patients are at fault for their poor medical outcomes. In many such cases, though, unaddressed psychosocial issues are the root of the patients’ repeat visits to the emergency department.
Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(3):257-261. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.3.mnar1-0903