AMA Journal of Ethics

Dr Roma Subramanian joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Matthew J. Brooks: “How a Medical Orchestra Cultivates Creativity, Joy, Empathy, and Connection.”

One community created an orchestra as a nontraditional antidote to reduce stress and burnout among students and professionals in health care.

Tara Rynders joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How the Arts Help Us Hold Grief and Maintain Collective Care.”

This first-person narrative illuminates how the author—a nurse, artist, and dancer—uses the arts and movement to help patients and clinicians process personal loss individually and collectively in the hospital setting.

This study has implications for designing arts-based wellness activities for clinicians and scaling them nationwide.

When police officers and clinicians perceive a moral transgression committed by an agent responding to risk in the field, they are susceptible to moral injury.

Identifying when and how personal, professional, or social value systems are affected by moral injury can inform efforts to mitigate it.

Dr Wendy Dean joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “What Law Enforcement Can Learn From Health Care About Moral Injury.”

This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope.