Sriya Bhattacharyya, PhD, Aaron S. Breslow, PhD, Jianee Carrasco, and Benjamin Cook, PhD, MPH
Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(4):E340-348. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.340.
This article considers force use in clinical settings after a triggering event—a behavioral or medical crisis—and considers how it should be implemented.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(4):E326-334. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.326.
Dr Paris Adkins-Jackson proposes how to measure racism in academic health centers, as one responsibility of medicine is to rebuild trust with marginalized communities.
Certificate of need programs need to be strengthened and updated to ensure consumers’ continuing access to care after hospital consolidations and mergers.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):272-278. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor3-1603.
Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(2):E111-119. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Drs Jewel Mullen and David Henderson break down myths of “merit-based” admissions and explore how we should pursue diversity and inclusion as key educational and professional priorities in medicine.