Dr Ariane Lewis discusses how we can navigate uncertainty and ambiguity about brain death by understanding clinical criteria for brain death determination and how our approaches to death are culturally and socially situated.

Dr Robert Field and Dr Yashaswini Singh join the AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds series to discuss what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care.

Dr Mollyann Brodie talks about the about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically-divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.

Matt Wuerker talks about his artistic process in creating cartoons that speak to matters of politics and policy arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider?

As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions.

Physicians need to help surrogate decision makers to make treatment and end-of-life decisions for those with severe neurological damage by proving a realistic prognosis and maintain strong lines of communication.

The president of the Association of American Medical Colleges gives reasons why medical schools need to continue affirmative action admissions policies.

This article gives a brief overview of two legal cases where students were denied admission to the University of Michigan.