Dr Madeline Ward joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy."

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Fat Norms and the AMA.”

AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Amanda Xi, MD, a transitional year resident at Henry Ford Hospital, interviewed Donald M. Berwick, MD, shortly before the Supreme Court’s decision in King versus Burwell.

Virtual Mentor issue editor Sophia Cedola, a medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, interviewed Dr. Craig Blinderman about talking with patients who are terminally ill, asking him whether there are some key “do’s” and “don’ts” for having end-of-life conversations with patients and their families.

This month, Virtual Mentor spoke with Dr. Alex Ding and Mr. Jordan VanLare, a fourth-year medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, about their impressions of health reform and how it will impact the medical practice environment they will soon enter.

Dr Lauren Hale joins Ethics Talk to discuss sleep health and help us learn how we can all sleep better.

Dr Erica Kaufman West joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?”

Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: "How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?”

Dr Gregory C. Gray joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Laura A. Pulscher and Hisham O. Alsharif: “Five Things Clinicians Need to Know About Zoonotic Viral Spillover and Spillback.”

Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy.