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Ethics Talk: Politics, Policy, and COVID Cartoons

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Matt Wuerker about his artistic process in creating cartoons that speak to matters of politics and policy arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Matt Wuerker is the staff cartoonist for Politico and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. 

Background cartoon courtesy of Matt Wuerker.

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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: Polling, Politics, and Health Policy in the COVID-19 Era

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Mollyann Brodie about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.

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Mollyann Brodie, PhD is the executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Ethics Talk: Virtue Ethics, Moral Authority, and COVID-19

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In this special video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talked with Dr Edmund Pellegrino (1920-2013) about personal virtues in shaping ethical behavior and moral authority in promoting the common good.

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Edmund Pellegrino, MD was professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University.

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History of Medicine
May 2019

Will We Code for Default ECMO?

Daniel J. Brauner, MD and Christopher J. Zimmermann, MD
CPR has become default treatment for all patients in cardiac arrest. The history of how this happened demonstrates the power of CPT coding.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(5):E443-449. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.443.
Viewpoint
Oct 2019

What Clinical Ethics Can Learn From Decision Science

Michele C. Gornick, PhD, MA and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, MA
How information is provided can change a choice. Decision science helps reveal affective forecasting errors and can generate choices congruent with patients’ and families’ values.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(10):E906-912. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.906.
Viewpoint
Oct 2019

How Moral Case Deliberation Supports Good Clinical Decision Making

Giulia Inguaggiato, MPhil, Suzanne Metselaar, PhD, Bert Molewijk, PhD, and Guy Widdershoven, PhD
Clarifying both patients’ and professionals’ values fosters good clinical decision making, particularly in situations of uncertainty.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(10):E913-919. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.913.
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Podcast
Oct 2019

Ethics Talk: How Can Decision Science Help Navigate Complex Health Decisions?

Decision making in health care demands that we balance multiple considerations, like quality of life, statistics, and how different options could affect others. Dr Brian Zikmund-Fisher shares his own experience as a patient and explains how decision science can help us navigate ethically complex health decisions.