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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Jan 2021

• Infectious diseases/Epidemics
• Justice/Resource allocation

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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.

Nov 2012

Is Understaffing a Unit a Form of Rationing Care?

Narayan P. Iyer, MD and Sabine Iben, MD

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Steven Goodman about the ethical and scientific implications of unblinding COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD is Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford School of Medicine.

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Jan 2021

• Clinical research
• Ethics/Biomedical research
• Public health/Clinical research

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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.

Jul 2003

Safeguarding the Quality of Clinical Research

Joel Lexchin, MD

Jul 2003

Safeguarding the Quality of Clinical Research

Joel Lexchin, MD

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Prof Ana Santos Rutschman about the impact of intellectual property regimes on domestic and global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ana Santos Rutschman, SJD is an assistant professor of law at the Saint Louis University School of Law.

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Recorded on April 28, 2021

 

May 2021

• Public health/Clinical research
• Clinical research

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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.

Dec 2006

Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine for the Poor

Tara Leevy, LLB, LLM

May 2004

Terrorism and Intellectual Property Rights

David B. Resnik, JD, PhD

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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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Aug 2020

• Infectious diseases/Epidemics
• Justice/Equitable care
• Justice/Resource allocation

Infectious Disease Professionalism

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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.

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

Jan 2012

Vaccination: A Victim of Its Own Success

Matthew Janko

Jan 2012

Should Participation in Vaccine Clinical Trials be Mandated?

Susanne Sheehy, BM BCh, MRCP, DTM&H and Joel Meyer, BM BCh, MRCP

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Vish Viswanath about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vish Viswanath, PhD is a professor of health communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 2 of this conversation is here.

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Jul 2020

• Infectious diseases/Epidemics
• Social media
• Social media/Use by clinicians
• Social media/Use by patients

Professionalism

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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.

Apr 2018

Can Plastic Surgeons Maintain Professionalism within Social Media?

Pablo L. Gutierrez and Debra J. Johnson, MD

Nov 2017

Social Media Channels in Health Care Research and Rising Ethical Issues

Samy A. Azer, MD, PhD, MEd, MPH

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Vish Viswanath about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vish Viswanath, PhD is a professor of health communication 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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Jul 2020

• Social media
• Social media/Use by clinicians
• Social media/Use by patients
• Infectious diseases/Epidemics

Professionalism

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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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