AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Decolonization of curricula in health professions is key to preparing clinicians to respond with care and competence to vulnerabilities and disease burden exacerbated by conflict.

Dr Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Thalia Arawi and Bashar Hassan: “Everyone Is Harmed When Clinicians Aren’t Prepared”

Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible but can render individual and community suffering less visible.

Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences.

This pen and ink drawing reimagines a white coat in the context of medicine’s realistic, not idealized, dynamism.

Social work perspectives on whether prescribers should authorize opioid refills emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to patient self-determination.

Dr Carla Perissonotto talk about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Body Issue is a graphic memoir exploring cultural and social influences on women’s self-conception and decisions.

Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century.