Ethics Talk

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Vivian Shaw, a College Fellow at the Department of Sociology at Harvard University, and Susanna Park, a PhD candidate at Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences. They joined us to discuss the resurgence of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during the C...

Drs Arya Shah, Ambrose H. Wong, and Carmen Black Parker join us  on this episode of Ethics Talk  to discuss  force,  t he role of  authority ,  and  how clinicians  should  not just minimize harm, but demonstrate compassion.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Ziad Obermeyer, the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr Obermeyer joined us to talk about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers. To watc...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Rianna Eckel and Jean Su about the need for a nationwide moratorium on water, electricity and other utilities shutoff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Christopher Ogolla about equal protection under the US Constitution to advance health equity during this COVID-19 pandemic.

LaShyra Nolen,  the first black woman to serve as  Harvard Medical School's student council president,  joins us to discuss health equity, community engagement, and the  future of health profession al school  curricular design.  

Dr Hannah Janeway of the Refugee Health Alliance explains why good health care for refugees and asylum seekers at the US southern border might require border abolition.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Allison Sesso, Executive Director of RIP Medical Debt, a 501(c)3 that works to eliminate medical debt for those at or near the federal poverty level. She joined us to discuss the devastating impacts of medical debt exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and how RIP Medical Debt he...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr. Audiey Kao, with Dr. Steven Goodman. Dr. Goodman is Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford School of Medicine. He joined us to talk about the implications of unblinding COVID-19 vaccine trials. To watch...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr. Audiey Kao, with Dr. Arthur Caplan. Dr. Caplan is Head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and he joined us to talk about hesitancy among U.S. health care workers to take COVID19 vaccines. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalofEthics.org, o...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Matt Wuerker. Matt Wuerker is the staff cartoonist for Politico and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. He joined us to talk about his artistic process in creating cartoons that speak to matters of policy and politics arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. T...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Jenna Lester. Dr Lester is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined us to talk about the racial and ethnic disparities in dermatologic care and its contributions to health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond....

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Director at Project South, which recently filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General documenting serious health and safety violations at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Alister Martin. Dr Martin is an Emergency Medicine Physician, faculty at the Center for Social Justice and Health Equity at Massachusetts General Hospital and Executive Director of VotER. He joined us to talk about helping patients get registered to vote during the COVID-19 pand...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Professor Debbie Kaminer. Professor Kaminer is a professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College. She joined us to talk about vaccine mandates and other policy solutions to promote herd immunity against COVID-19. To watch the full video intervie...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Ruth Faden. Dr Faden is a Professor of Biomedical Ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. She joined us to talk about how to fairly distribute any potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine when supply is limited. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, Journal...

This episode is an audio version of video interviews conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with American Academy of Arts and Sciences members Antonia Hernández, Wallace Jefferson, and Eric Liu. They joined us to discuss the AAS Commission on the practice of democratic citizenship, which is charged with developing recommendations aimed at restoring trust in our democracy. To wa...

This episode is an audio version of a two-part video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Nancy Krieger. Dr Krieger is a Professor of Social Epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She joined us to talk about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Rafael Campo. Dr Campo is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Poetry Section Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association . He talked with us about the healing value of poetry during the current COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the full video...

This episode is an audio version of video interviews conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Vish Viswanath. Dr Viswanath is a Professor of Health Communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He joined us to talk about the digital spread of health misinformation and falsehoods during the COVID-19 pand...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Professor Holly Cooper. Professor Cooper is Co-Director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of California Davis School of Law. She joined us to talk about the dangerous living conditions for children and adults in U.S. immigration detention facilities. To watch the full...

This episode is an audio version of a video created by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, in which he presents an interview he conducted with the late Dr Edmund Pellegrino 20 years ago. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org , or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Andrew Jameton. Dr Jameton is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health at the University of Nebraska. He joined us to talk about the global health threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its intersection with the climate crisis. To watch...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Carla Perissinotto. Dr Perissinotto is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She joined us to talk about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the full video interview, head t...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Drs. Joniqua Ceasar and Dorothy Charles of WhiteCoats4BlackLives. They joined us to talk about systemic racism, police brutality, and the role of health professionals in securing racial justice and health equity. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics....