AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Abolition medicine and reproductive justice are synergistic approaches that advance a radical vision of a racially just world.

Dr Crystal M. Hayes joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anu Manchikanti Gomez: “Alignment of Abolition Medicine With Reproductive Justice.”

This article addresses intergenerational trauma transmission, focusing on Japanese American and Southeast Asian American communities.

Dr Vivian Shaw and Ms Susanna Park talk about the invisibility of anti-Asian racism before, during and beyond this COVID-19 pandemic.

To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence.

Force feeding, unnecessary x-rays, misusing health information, and discharging unstable patients are classic dual-loyalty dilemmas reminiscent of the Holocaust.

Connections between racism and dehumanization have immediate, lethal, deleterious, longer-term consequences. Lessons from Nazi eugenics and human experimentation still apply.

When responding to an ad for a job caring for patient-detainees along the US southern border, applicants should anticipate the need to navigate dual loyalties.

Harriet Washington talks about the devastating impact of environmental racism on the health and well-being of communities of color.

Azadeh Shahshahani talks about health ethics violations in US detention centers and how health professionals should respond to them.