Physician advocacy for climate change mitigation is justified by seven criteria including physicians’ efficacy, expertise, public trust, and proximity.

Using focus groups to obtain stakeholder feedback can lead to epistemic injustices if the decision-making process is not perceived as procedurally fair.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to co-creation of health care systems.

Using social media tools in health-related research involves challenges to confidentiality, privacy, and consent.

An image of a husband and wife’s intertwined hands captures one patient’s inspiration for living.

Clinicians have an ethical obligation to promote health equity in their communities. This month, we discuss how clinicians worked to expose the water crisis in Flint, and explore ways that clinicians can combat systemic injustice and promote health equity.

In conducting research abroad, clinicians should treat community members with dignity and as research partners.

Physicians’ ethical obligation to ensure communities’ access to safe drinking water has roots in their expertise, social authority, and role as mediators.

By cultivating cultural humility, physicians can address not only stereotypes and biases but also power inequalities and community inequities.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to physicians’ roles in safe water access.