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Ethics Talk: Should Adolescents Be Able to Consent for COVID-19 Vaccinations?

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Abigail English about the ethical and legal implications of adolescents consenting for COVID-19 vaccination.

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Abigail English, JD is director of the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Recorded on July 27, 2021

 

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Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Ethics Talk: White Coats for Black Lives

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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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Ethics Talk: Spread of Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia During COVID-19 Pandemic

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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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Letter to the Editor
Nov 2018

Added Points of Concern About Caring for Dying Patients

Annette Hanson, MD, Ron Pies, MD, and Mark Komrad, MD
Authors respond to “How Should Physicians Care for Dying Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?” by arguing that patients’ motives for accessing death with dignity laws should be thoroughly explored and that temporarily limiting patient autonomy can promote well-being at the end of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(11):E1107-1109. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1107.
Letter to the Editor
Nov 2018

Response to “Added Points of Concern About Caring for Dying Patients”

Alexander Craig, MPhil and Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH
Responding to “Added Points of Concern about Caring for Dying Patients,” authors argue that physicians’ refusal to prescribe lethal drugs in accordance with states’ death with dignity laws could damage patient-physician relationships and harm patients.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(11):E1110-1112. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1110.
Case and Commentary
Dec 2018

When Should Iatrogenic Polypharmacy Be Considered a Disease?

Christine Wieseler, PhD
When symptoms of polypharmacy are consistent with those of difficult-to-diagnose disorders, reliable determinations about which drugs are necessary is critical.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1133-1138. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1133.
History of Medicine
Mar 2019

An Architectural History of US Community Hospitals

Jeanne Kisacky, PhD, MA, MArch
Practices changed when hospitals became places of recovery rather than death.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(3):E288-296. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.288.