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Ethics Talk: Rationing Critical Care During COVID Surge

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Matthew Wynia about implementation of crisis standards of care in response to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases that is pushing the limits of US hospitals' critical care capacity.

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Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine and public health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and directs its Center for Bioethics and Humanities.

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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: 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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Ethics Talk: Equitable Allocation of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ruth Faden about how to fairly distribute any potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine when supply is limited.

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Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH is a professor of biomedical ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

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Dr Faden is principal investigator of a Wellcome Trust funded-project on COVID-19 and Nigeria. She is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on the Immunization Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccines in the World Health Organization.

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Viewpoint
May 2019

How Should One Live Everlasting Life?

Rachel F. Harbut
Life extension requires careful consideration of resource scarcity, justice, and what, if anything, is intrinsic to the experiences we define as human.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E470-474. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.470.
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.
Case and Commentary
Oct 2019

How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation?

Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD
Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
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.