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Ethics Talk: Immunity Status, Social Privilege, and the Novel Coronavirus

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Kathryn Olivarius, PhD, about how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide a historical lens to examine power asymmetries and health inequities in the COVID-19 era.

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Kathryn Olivarius, PhD is an assistant professor of history at Stanford University.

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Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Patient Care Professionalism

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Ethics Talk: Antiracism, Health Equity, and a Post-COVID Future

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ibram Kendi about the impact of racist policies on historically discriminated-against groups and what it means to be an antiracist.

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Ibram Kendi, PhD is the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center and a professor of history and international relations at American University.

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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.
Art of Medicine
Feb 2020

Girl and Rooster

Ayotunde Ayobello, MD
A fearless child inspires compassion, particularly regarding our clinical, political, and ethical orientation to ongoing practices of separating children from parents at the US southern border.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E166-167. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.166.
Policy Forum
Nov 2016

Transgender Rights as Human Rights

Tia Powell, MD, Sophia Shapiro, MD, and Ed Stein, JD, PhD
“Born that way” arguments have been used to establish transgender rights, but lack scientific evidence. Stronger support for promoting transgender rights comes instead from human rights-based language.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1126-1131. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor3-1611.