AMA Journal of Ethics^®

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

Drs Oliva Kates and Monica Gandhi join Ethics Talk to discuss equity and public health messaging in ending the HIV epidemic.

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.

Long-acting injectables powerfully augment HIV care, but broad acceptance and uptake could be compromised by what we know about experiences with antipsychotics.

Financial incentives have been shown to improve antiretroviral adherence for people living with HIV, but some say offering them commodifies HIV care.

Limited understanding of disease etiology often leads to resistance, which can result in low vaccine uptake.

Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages.

Public health surveillance for infectious disease provides a model for a mandatory reporting policy for human trafficking, which poses risks for survivors.

AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Terri Davis, a third-year MD student at West Virginia University School of Medicine, interviewed Ranit Mishori, MD, about how to respond to incidents of suspected human trafficking in health care settings.