AMA Journal of Ethics

Portraits of clinicians quickly became emblematic of what the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded of all of us, especially caregivers who witnessed deaths likely unprecedented in number during their careers.

Kristen N. Pallok and David A. Ansell’s “Should Clinicians Be Activists?” highlights how physician activists risk retaliation from “economically and socially” privileged physician leaders and organizational leadership who “have been trained to comply” with structural inequity.

Dr Thalia Arawi joins Ethics Talk to discuss the rise of states of “chronic emergency,” how health care workers can be protected when working in conflict zones, and how the international community needs to move beyond declarations to support those affected by war and conflict.

Transnational violence has been created by international policy, militaristic interventions, and multinational organizational administration of border operations.

Physicians must respond with care to all patients’ health needs, even those demanding complex, expensive interventions.

Dr Kristen N. Pallok joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr David A. Ansell: “Should Clinicians Be Activists?”

Human rights asylum clinics are being established throughout the country to facilitate medical and psychological evaluations.

Carlos Martinez joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Lauren Carruth, Hannah Janeway, Lahra Smith, Katharine M. Donato, Carlos Piñones-Rivera, James Quesada, and Seth Holmes: “How Should Clinicians Express Solidarity with Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border?”