Pringl Miller, MD, Preeti R. John, MD, MPH, and Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH
A surgeon’s duty is to identify goals of care, including those about quality of life, from a patient’s perspective and to consider how to achieve them.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E778-782. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.778.
Health educators have duties to teach patient focus, motivate equity, and cultivate students’ capacity to serve our most vulnerable neighbors, wherever they reside.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(11):E858-863. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.858.
Madison L. Esposito and Michelle Kahn-John, PhD, RN
Most clinicians receive little training in integrating Native healing into allopathic practice, which undermines patients’ autonomy and cultural values.
AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(10):E837-844. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.837.
Jennifer Erdrich, MD, MPH and Carlos R. Gonzales, MD
Tribal-university partnerships are fewer in education than in research, but just as important for expanding opportunity and improving health infrastructure.
AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(10):E851-855. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.851.