Ethics Talk: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the Health Care Workforce
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Arthur Caplan about hesitancy among US health care workers to take COVID-19 vaccines.
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Arthur Caplan, PhD is head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Dr Caplan is an unpaid advisor for Moderna, developer of a COVID-19 vaccine that has received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. He is also a paid advisor for Accenture.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
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: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Solutions to Avoid Relying on Them
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Prof Debbie Kaminer about vaccine mandates and other policy solutions to promote herd immunity against COVID-19.
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Debbie Kaminer, JD is a professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.
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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.
Ethics Talk: Vaccine Ethics and the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Arthur Caplan, PhD, about the development, production, and use of potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2.
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Arthur Caplan, PhD is the head of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
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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.