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 Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. Dr Tomaskovic-Devey is the Executive Director of the Center for Employment Equity at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He joined us to talk about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemi...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Professor Lawrence Gostin. Professor Gostin is the founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law at Georgetown University and a Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He joined us to talk about the challenges of balancing public health ethics and personal civil liber...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Mollyann Brodie. Dr Brodie is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. She joined us to talk about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically divergent views on policy options to achieve universa...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Jennifer Ho. Dr Ho is the Director for the Center of Humanities and the Arts and a Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder. She joined us to talk about understanding and combating the spread of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia 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 Dr Arthur Caplan. Dr Caplan is the Head of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University, Grossman School of Medicine, and he joined us to talk about the development, production, and use of potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2. To watch the full v...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Kathryn Olivarius. Dr Olivarius is an Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. She joined us to talk about how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide a historical lens to examine power asymmetries and health inequities in the COVID-19 era. To wa...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Bobby Watts, the Chief Executive Officer at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. He joined us to talk about the pressing need to care for the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Dr Helen Chapple. Dr Chapple is a Professor of Nursing, Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University. Dr Chapple joined us to talk about challenges and opportunities to elicit and honor patients' health care preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the fu...

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Brie Williams. Dr Williams is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Amend at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined us to talk about protecting those among us in and near correctional facilities during a public health emergency. To watch the full video int...

Dr Paris Adkins-Jackson  propos es how  to measure racism in academic health centers , as one  responsibility of medicine  is  to rebuild trust  with   marginalized  communities . 

In this edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Matthew Wynia about implementation of crisis standards of care in response to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases that is pushing the limits of US hospitals' critical care capacity.

Dr Matthew  Wynia  joins us to discuss the importance and challenges of teaching Holocaust history to health professions students .

This episode of Ethics Talk is an audio version of a video interview by journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Ibram Kendi about the impact of racist policies on historically discriminated-against groups and what it means to be an antiracist.

Dr Ariane Lewis discusses how we can navigate uncertain ty and ambiguity about  brain death by understanding clinical criteria for  brain  death determination  and  how our   approaches to  death  are  culturally and socially situated. 

In this special edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Harriet Washington about the impact of environmental racism on health during this COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

This is the audio version of and Ethics Talk video interview conducted by the AMA Journal of Ethics' editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with organizers of MIT Hacking Racism in Healthcare about design thinking as a way to find solutions to combat structural racism and advance health equity.

Dr John Banja joins  Ethics Talk to  discuss  promises and perils of artificial intelligence applications  in health care , including " megarisks "  that will need to be managed.  

In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Drs Stefano Bertozzi and Jeffrey Mackie-Mason about sustainable models of scientific publishing that advance biomedical knowledge and discovery. 

On this episode of Ethics Talk, Dr Mary Owen, president-elect of the  Association of American Indian Physicians, highlights the importance of representation of Native Americans in health professions and  Em   Loerzel  joins us to discuss violence against Native women and femme-identifying people. 

Dr Mitesh Patel joins us on this episode of Ethics Talk to discuss nudges, how they can be used effecti vely in health care and  how to identify and avoid the potential ethical pitfalls of guiding behavior.

Dr Travis Reider discusses his own experiences with opioids  and the ethical challenges of "legacy patients,"  and Dr Stephanie Zaza, president of the American College of Preventive Medicine, discuss es   the  future of opioid research priorities.  

Kelly Leonard,  executive director of insights and applied improvisation at The Second City Works, relates how improvisation can help clinicians build relationships with patients and improve their outcomes.

Lucas Livingston joins us for a special edition of Ethics Talk to discuss the loneliness epidemic exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and how museum accessibility promotes healthy aging and lifelong learning for us all.

Dr john powell joins us for this special edition of Ethics Talk to discuss how a lens of "othering and belonging" can help us navigate our obligations to and relationships with each other, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr James Van  Arsdall  shares his experience of sitting for a portrait after his treatment for oral cancer and Dr Mark Gilbert describes  how he came to do portraiture in clinical settings .