PRIME-LC is a 5-year, dual-degree program at the University of California, Irvine Medical School that educates physician activists to serve in poor Latino communities.
Medical ethicists have discussed the use of race classification in determining disease prevalence and the response of specific ethnic groups to different medications.
Alan Heins, an emergency room physician honored by the AMA for his leadership abilities, believes time management and establishing priorities are essential in both medical school and scheduling work hours for physicians.
A physician discusses potential factors underlying disparities in health care and health outcomes and advocates for standards to improve cultural competence, improve health literacy, and reduce disparities.
Professor Richard L. Cupp Jr joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Might Corporations’ and Nonhuman Animals’ Personhood Compare Under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?”
Whether and to what extent constitutional equal protection should apply to some nonhuman animals can be considered in light of corporations having gained such protection.
AMA J Ethics. 2024; 26(9):E690-695. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.690.