S. Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD and Francheska D. Starks, PhD
Testimonial injustice is an expression of racism that uses identity to undermine individuals’ credibility as authoritative “knowers” of their own bodies, selves, and experiences.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(1):E72-83. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.72.
Coded data from patients’ health records are used in epidemiological research about incidence or prevalence of disease, drug safety monitoring, or long-term cohort tracking.
AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(1):E51-57. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2025.51.
Safety-net hospitals care for patients who are incarcerated and are key environments in which surgical trainees learn to wield their professional autonomy.
AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(4):E263-268. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2025.263.
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Calls to expand palliative care education have been explicit since the 1990s, but palliative care training in surgery remains too narrowly focused on end of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E800-805. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.800.