The national physicians' strikes in South Korea in 2000 succeeded in raising public awareness of defects in the Korean medical system and the need to reconcile the government health insurance system and private doctors.
Is it ethical for a psychiatrist to monitor a patient’s blog without the patient’s permission? If so, what information from the blog is suitable for entry in the patient’s medical record?
An undercurrent in all debates about allocation of health care resources to the poor is the matter of access to and coverage of health care for immigrants, particularly low-income and undocumented ones.
Developing drugs for profit is challenged in Parasites!, a patient education comic that highlights the need for unprofitable drugs for tropical diseases.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(2):167-175. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.2.msoc1-1802.
Mollie Gordon, MD, Rebecca Chen, MD, John Coverdale, MD, MEd, Mike Schiller, CRMP, Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, and Phuong Nguyen, PhD
Little attention has been given to roles played by human trafficking in health care organizations’ supply chains of key equipment, such as hand sanitizers and gloves.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E348-356. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.348.