When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? We discuss ethical complexities of caring for unrepresented patients.
Dr Aisha James joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Katrina A. Armstrong: “How Should Health Professions Educators and Organizations Desegregate Teaching and Learning Environments?”
AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Karel-Bart Celie, a second-year medical student at Columbia University School of Medicine, interviewed Joseph J. Fins, MD, about the work of ethics committees and consultants as they pursue professionalization and respond to changes in health care organization and practice.
Dr James Downs joins Ethics Talk to discuss the underrecognized contributions of marginalized peoples to the origins of epidemiology, and Dr Rae Anne Martinez outlines good uses of race and ethnicity data in epidemiological research.
Abigail Echo-Hawk joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Sofia Locklear, Sarah McNally, Lannesse Baker, and Sacena Gurule: “How Should Epidemiologists Respond to Data Genocide?”
Dr Dinushika Mohottige and Karina Albistegui Adler join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Allison Charney and Dr Lilia Cervantes: “What Should Clinicians in Organizations Without Established MLP Programs Do When Their Patients Need Lawyers to Meet Their Health Needs?”
Prashasti Bhatnagar joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Deborah F. Perry and Margaret E. Greer: “How Should We Measure Effectiveness of Medical-Legal Partnerships?”
Lawyer Cynthia Chandler joins Ethics Talk to discuss the practice of sterilization in California state prisons, and Dr Anthony Loria shares new research on surgical outcomes for incarcerated patients.
