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Ethics Talk: COVID Dermatologic Disparities Go More Than Skin Deep

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jenna Lester about racial and ethnic disparities in dermatologic care and its contributions to health inequities during this COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 

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Jenna Lester, MD is an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

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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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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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Ethics Talk: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 2

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 1 of this conversation is here.

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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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Health Law
Mar 2019

Hospitals’ Obligations to Address Social Determinants of Health

Hannah R. Sullivan
Health care reform expanded health insurance to millions, but current community benefit policies must be used by organizations hoping to address social determinants.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(3):E248-258. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.248.
State of the Art and Science
Mar 2019

How Can Clinicians Catalyze Investments to Improve Community Health?

Robin Hacke, MBA and Alyia Gaskins, MPH
Where people live and work influences how long and how well they live. Supporting community investments can diminish risk, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.
AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(3):E262-268. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.262.
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.
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
Jun 2008

Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Commentary 1

Daniel Callahan, PhD
Should old folks who have lived their lives be allowed to place a huge economic burden on the young by using a disproportionate amount of limited Medicare resources for medical care?
Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(6):404-407. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.oped1-0806.
Medical Education
Aug 2016

Improving Pathologists’ Communication Skills

Suzanne Dintzis, MD, PhD
The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(8):802-808. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.medu1-1608.