AMA Journal of Ethics

Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians.

Not offering indicated major surgery can result in iatrogenic injury. Decision support systems can help . . . right?

One patient’s experience of life-encompassing iatrogenic harm from being institutionalized emphasizes Italy’s comparative success, relative to the United States, in recovering from decades of deinstitutionalization policy.

Dr Chloë G. K. Atkins joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Sunit Das: “What Should Clinicians and Patients Know About the Clinical Gaze, Disability, and Iatrogenic Harm When Making Decisions?”

Eman Mubarak joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Victoria Turner, Dr Andrew G. Shuman, Dr Janice Firn, and Dr Daicia Price: “Promoting Antiracist Mental Health Crisis Responses.”

Discussing quality improvement is routine in morbidity and mortality conferences, but little attention is paid to iatrogenic harms of structural racism in health professions education.

Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care.

Dr Charles E. Binkley joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with David Kemp and Dr Brandi Braud Scully: “Should We Rely on AI to Help Avoid Bias in Patient Selection for Major Surgery?”

Dr Sara M. Bergstresser joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Asylums and Harm Embodiment.”

Algorithms use race as an epidemiological shorthand, but clinically influential historical, social, and cultural determinants of health are still sources of variability.