AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Dr Patricia Luck joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Arman M. Niknafs: “Reasons Not to Turf a Patient Whose ‘Belonging’ in a Hospital Is Unclear.”

Through the lens of metaphor and the arts, this article aims to illuminate how persons who are ill tarry through uncertainty to receive care.

This visual abstract is based on an article from the July 2023 issue of the journal.

Sources of patient demand are also sources of light pollution that compromise rest.

Julia Bhuiyan joins Ethics Talk to discuss her painting: “Forever a Work in Progress.”

What did a hospitalist physician learn from a patient about how to slow down?

Kathleen Wong joins Ethics Talk to discuss her comic: “Lit, Unread, Unrested.” 

Forever a Work in Progress visually explores complexities of isolation as one consequence of navigating a culturally hyphenated identity. 

Three digital drawings invite interpretations of a cornered figure’s orientations to space, color, and its own boundaries and self.  

Dr Zachary G. Jacobs joins Ethics Talk to discuss his comic: “Isolation, Connection, and Learning to Slow Down.”