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Ethics Talk: Public, Civic and Spiritual Health During COVID

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In this video and podcast edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Patrick Smith about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Patrick Smith, PhD, MA, MDiv is associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics at the Duke Divinity School, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and core faculty with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. 

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Recorded on April 23, 2021

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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: Pandemic Poetry, Present and Profane

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Rafael Campo about the healing value of poetry during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rafael Campo, MD, MA is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and poetry section editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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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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History of Medicine
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Personification of a Duality

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This watercolor self-portrait visually characterizes an irony faced by clinicians who are underrepresented minorities.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(12):E1004-1005. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.1004.
Medical Education
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For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life.
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