Ethics Talk: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ziad Obermeyer about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.
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Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Recorded on March 9, 2021
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee reports having equity stakes in Deep Health Dandelion Health and Berkeley Data Ventures as well as receiving speaking and consulting fees from Independence Blue Cross and Anthem.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Could Trusting Science Mean Not Trusting Some FDA Decisions?
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Caleb Alexander about the US Food and Drug Administration's controversial decision to approve aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.
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G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS is professor of epidemiology and medicine at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Recorded on June 22, 2021
Neurology Patient Care
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Dr Alexander is past chair and current member of FDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee. He is a co-founding principal and equity holder in Monument Analytics, a health care consultancy whose clients include the life sciences industry as well as plaintiffs in opioid litigation. He was also a member of OptumRx's National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: White Coats for Black Lives
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Joniqua Ceasar and Dorothy Charles about systemic racism, police brutality, and the role of health professionals in securing racial justice and health equity.
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Joniqua Ceasar, MD is a resident physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dorothy Charles, MD is a resident physician in family medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
Both are on the national working group of WhiteCoats4BlackLives.
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Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Patient Care Professionalism
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewees had no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
Ethics Talk: Spread of Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia During COVID-19 Pandemic
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jennifer Ho about understanding and combatting the spread of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jennifer Ho, PhD is the director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts and a professor of ethnic studies at University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Professionalism
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.