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Ethics Talk: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ziad Obermeyer about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.

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Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

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Recorded on March 9, 2021

 

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee reports having equity stakes in Deep Health Dandelion Health and Berkeley Data Ventures as well as receiving speaking and consulting fees from Independence Blue Cross and Anthem.

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: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 1

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 2 of this conversation is here.

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Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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

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Original Research
Oct 2018

Addressing Medical Students’ Negative Bias Toward Patients With Obesity Through Ethics Education

Gail Geller, ScD, MHS and Paul A. Watkins, MD, PhD
Six cohorts of first-year medical students have been shown to have negative attitudes about obesity that are consistent over time. Attitudes can be improved, however, by using popular media and an ethics framework to discuss personal experiences and beliefs about obesity.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(10):E948-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.948.
Medicine and Society
Nov 2018

Public Accommodation Laws and Gender Panic in Clinical Settings

Elizabeth Boskey, PhD, MPH, MSSW, Amir Taghinia, MD, and Oren Ganor, MD
Training should be implemented to respond to clinical staff members’ concerns about trans patients occupying sex-segregated spaces and to help mitigate anti-trans bias.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(11):E1067-1074. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1067.
Case and Commentary
Sep 2019

How Should We Decide Whether and When Some Care Is Better Than No Care?

Rachel Koch, MD, John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA, and Anji E. Wall, MD, PhD
Single-procedure interventions with minimal follow-up and clear quality-of-life gain are well suited for surgical mission trips. But not all risks and benefits are easily assessed.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(9):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.729.
Letter to the Editor
Oct 2019

Response to “Emerging Roles of Virtual Patients in the Age of AI”

Frederick W. Kron, MD, Timothy C. Guetterman, PhD, and Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
Selected ideas in C. Donald Combs and P. Ford Combs’ article, “Emerging Roles of Virtual Patients in the Age of AI,” are further considered.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(10):E920-925. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.920.
In the Literature
Apr 2016

Workplace Wellness Programs and Accessibility for All

Yvonne Kellar-Guenther, PhD
Workplace wellness programs contribute to the wellness movement by enlisting nontraditional health partners and influencing social determinants of health.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(4):393-398. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit1-1604.