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Ethics Talk: Fighting Global HIV/AIDS During the COVID Pandemic

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Chris Beyrer about the challenges facing the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH is the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Recorded on August 10, 2011

 

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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: Health Hazards of Cost Sharing

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ziad Obermeyer about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.

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Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

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Recorded on March 9, 2021

 

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee reports having equity stakes in Deep Health Dandelion Health and Berkeley Data Ventures as well as receiving speaking and consulting fees from Independence Blue Cross and Anthem.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Viewpoint
Jan 2022

How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care

Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD
Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99.
Health Law
Mar 2016

Needle Exchange Programs’ Status in US Politics

Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MA, MPhil
After the Indiana HIV outbreak in 2015, Congress partially repealed the ban on needle exchange programs, providing funding for operations but not syringes.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):252-257. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.hlaw1-1603.
Medicine and Society
May 2021

Exceptionalism at the End of AIDS

Adia Benton, PhD, MPH and Thurka Sangaramoorthy, PhD, MPH
Ending AIDS requires normalizing justice-based approaches to HIV care and acknowledging how power dynamics shape popular narratives and practices.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E410-417. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.410.