AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which require clinicians to understand historical and cultural context when working with vulnerable children.

Dr Michael J. Oldani joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities.”

How society and medicine discussed and responded to child abuse changed dramatically in 1962. Since that time, the problem’s fuller scope has been revealed.

This drawing considers the importance of understanding history’s role in contextualizing many patients’ present-day health care experiences.

Aislinn C. Rookwood and Mariah Abney join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Hannah S. Butler-Robbins, Danielle Marie Westmark, and Dr Regina Idoate: “Arts-Based Research Methods to Explore Cancer in Indigenous Communities.”

Culturally responsive, arts-based methods can enhance research and education across the cancer-control continuum with Indigenous persons.

Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky.

Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences.

Wandy D. Hernandez-Gordon joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Why Community Health Workers’ Roles in Latinx Communities Are Essential.”

Until the mid-20th century, birth in the United States for Latinx Indigenous peoples was an ancestral ceremony guided by midwives and traditional healers.