Jesse Feierabend-Peters, MD, PhD and Hugh Silk, MD, MPH
Despite availability of good national oral health curricula for medical trainees, most physicians are ill-equipped to identify oral cancers or avoid unnecessary referrals.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E19-26. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.19.
Carmen Black, MD, Emma Lo, MD, and Keith Gallagher, MD
Violence perpetrated against unarmed patients is common in health care, and evidence-based safety measures are needed to acknowledge and eradicate clinical violence.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E218-225. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.218.
Dr Amy Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss how crisis intervention teams can motivate efficiency and equity in tactical responses to 911 calls and what community mental health intervention might look like when we think beyond the limits of law enforcement response.
This digital still from a narrated animated portrait depicts a woman overwhelmed by her body’s failure and by a health care system’s failure to care well.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(8):E658-659. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.658.
Weyinshet Gossa, MD, MPH and Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
Cervical cancer has become rare in high-income countries but is a leading cause of mortality among women in low- and middle-income countries. This inequity is an epidemiological tragedy.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E126-134. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.126.
Dr Carmen Black joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Emma Lo and Keith Gallagher: “Community Mental Health Centers’ Roles in Depolicing Medicine.”