Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Critical race theory tools of evaluating stock characters and counter stories can help clinicians and researchers illuminate experiences of those at the margins.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E212-217. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.212.
Georgina Morley, PhD, MSc, RN and Annie Sharon Fox, MA
This series of 3 paintings of figures in a bath explores emotional responses of persons experiencing or responding to others’ moral distress. Intricately tied together and connected through time and space, the bodies represented suggest a complex web of relationships between clinicians and patients.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E457-460. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.457.
Correctional facilities’ physician employees are at risk for burnout, posttraumatic stress, and suicide. Prison reform should address needs of inmates and staff.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E540-545. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.540.