AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Sheltering in place is impossible for persons to whom “safer at home” does not apply.

Madeline J. Hooper joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Lauren C. Linkowski, Dr Lynette Menezes, and Dr Jordan Messler: "Summer Without Shelter in Tampa During COVID-19."

Access to shelter can improve health outcomes for individuals experiencing homelessness and reduce overall health costs.

A deep spirit of resilience and a desire for innovation, discovery, and justice compel health workers to retain their commitment to serving patients and communities.

Ending AIDS requires normalizing justice-based approaches to HIV care and acknowledging how power dynamics shape popular narratives and practices.

Merits and drawbacks of U = U messaging are ethically and clinically complex, and drawbacks could harm patients in whom viral suppression is hard to achieve.

The opioid crisis, maternal death, and COVID-19 underscore trust as foundational to public health and call for redefinition of what it means to be a US clinician.

The health status of the US population remains poor when compared to that of similar nations. There are lessons for us from Cuba.

This graphic considers clinical and ethical dimensions of community- and health professions-based obligations to children experiencing homelessness.

Dr Nancy Krieger talks about the negative health impact of historical injustices and systemic racism such as Jim Crow on African American and other minoritized communities.