Mark Gilbert, PhD, Leanne Picketts, MEd, Anna MacLeod, PhD, and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(7):E556-562. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.556.
Dr Anne Graff LaDisa joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Erica Chou, Amy Zelenski, and Sara Lauck: “How to Use Improv to Help Interprofessional Students Respond to Status and Hierarchy in Clinical Practice.”
The separation of dental and medical care is a medical ethics issue because it negatively impacts vulnerable populations who lack access to dental care.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(9):861-868. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer1-1609.
Benjamin W. Frush, MD, MA, John Brewer Eberly Jr, MD, MA, and Farr A. Curlin, MD
Physicians should accommodate patients’ religious or spiritual understanding of suffering, even when they disagree, as long as they uphold their commitment to health. Both physicians and chaplains, who promote patients’ spiritual well-being, should respectfully challenge patients when necessary.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(7):E613-620. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.613.
Proliferation of innovative procedures and treatments in surgery has led to novel and distinct ethical challenges. Medicine can learn from plastic surgeons’ approaches to informed consent and potentially harmful treatments.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(4):349-356. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.4.nlit1-1804.
Clinicians have an ethical obligation to promote health equity in their communities. This month, we discuss how clinicians worked to expose the water crisis in Flint, and explore ways that clinicians can combat systemic injustice and promote health equity.