Today’s international health interventions—like colonial treatment campaigns—can be well-intentioned and still oppress and harm people they try to serve. Grasp of imperial medical history is critical for helping global health professionals understand the contexts in which they practice.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):743-753. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.mhst1-1607.
The convening power of clinical ethics committees stems from their reputation for fairness and procedural legitimacy in addressing and resolving ethically complex cases.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):540-545. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.msoc2-1605.
Legacy patients are so-called because their opioid use behaviors express past, aggressive opioid prescribing by a clinician. Managing their pain and dependence justly is ethically complex.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E651-657. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.651.
Dr Ilisa B. G. Bernstein joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Karin L. Bolte: “Is My Patient Taking an Unsafe Dietary Supplement?”
Elizabeth Richardson joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored Farzana Akkas and Dr Amy B. Cadwallader: “What Should Dietary Supplement Oversight Look Like in the US?”
Dr Alexander Ding joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Amy B. Cadwallader and other members of the AMA Council on Science and Public Health: “Which Features of Dietary Supplement Industry, Product Trends, and Regulation Deserve Physicians’ Attention?”