Dr Carmen Black joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Andrea Shamaskin-Garroway, Dr E. Mimi Arquilla, Elizabeth Roessler, and Dr Kirsten M. Wilkins: “Undoing Institutional and Racial Trauma Through Interprofessional, Trauma-Informed Education.”

Dr Helen Stanton Chapple joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: "Solidarity in Mortal Time.”

Dr Michael J. Oldani joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities.”

Scott Schweikart joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Clinicians in Government.”

In the September 2014 issue on physicians as agents of social change, Dr. Audiey Kao, editor-in-chief of Virtual Mentor interviewed Dr. Rajiv Shah, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development or USAID.

Grayson Holt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Johanna Glaser: “Why Is Hospice One of the Few Health Care Environments Structured for Peace?”

The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.

Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients.

Physicians need to become more involved in the public debate regarding issues of medicine, science, and evolution.

Physicians should take part in public health advocacy to improve health care for all patients.