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Case and Commentary
Apr 2022

How Should US Health Care Meet Latinx Community Health Needs?

Chiamaka Sonubi, MD, Efren Flores, MD, and Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH
This commentary considers a grocery worker reluctant to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 and treated for COVID-19 out of fear of losing his livelihood.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(4):E261-266. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.261.
Medicine and Society
Apr 2022

Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health

Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD
Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.
Personal Narrative
Jul 2021

Depression’s Problem With Men

Nathan Swetlitz
While men are diagnosed with depression at half the rate of women, they die by suicide 3 to 4 times as frequently.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(7):E586-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.586.
Case and Commentary
Nov 2015

Grow a Spine, Have a Heart: Responding to Patient Requests for Marginally Beneficial Care

Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, MD, Annika Beck, and Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH
Good clinicians understand why a patient is asking for a test or treatment, and their skillful counseling can often stem the tide of requests for marginally beneficial tests and procedures.
AMA J Ethics. 2015; 17(11):1028-1034. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.ecas2-1511.