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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: Public, Civic and Spiritual Health During COVID

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In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Patrick Smith about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Patrick Smith, PhD, MA, MDiv is associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics at the Duke Divinity School, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and core faculty with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. 

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Recorded on April 23, 2021

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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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Ethics Talk: Pandemic Poetry, Present and Profane

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Rafael Campo about the healing value of poetry during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rafael Campo, MD, MA is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and poetry section editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Medical Education
Jan 2021

Teaching Health Professions Students About the Holocaust

William S. Silvers, MD, Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, Mark A. Levine, MD, and Meleah Himber, MEd
One health professions school views the Holocaust as fundamental content knowledge in modern health care ethics, but teaching it is difficult.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E26-30. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.26.
Medicine and Society
Jan 2021

Teaching Hard Truths About Medicine and the Holocaust

Tessa Chelouche, MD
The Holocaust differs from other instances of mass murder in that it was medically sanctioned genocide.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E59-63. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.59.
Medical Education
Feb 2021

How Should Health Professional Education Respond to Widespread Racial and Ethnic Health Inequity and Police Brutality?

Alden M. Landry, MD, MPH, Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH, Regan Marsh, MD, MPH, Emma Hartswick, Raquel Sofia Sandoval, Nora Osman, MD, and Leonor Fernandez, MD
Adapting content in response to new science is common, but educators can struggle to offer current questions that matter to students.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E127-131. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.127.
Art of Medicine
Feb 2021

Black Determinants of Health

Anthony U. Onuzuruike
This graffiti-esque mosaic considers legacies of slavery and segregation manifested in present-day health inequity.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E196-197. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.196.