AMA Journal of Ethics

Ethics Talk

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High-stakes ethics decisions are common in health care. What should you do? Each month, the AMA Journal of Ethics' podcast, Ethics Talk, features interviews with influential experts and leaders on a wide range of cultural, historical, legal, and social topics in health care ethics. We sort through interesting, important, and difficult questions, talk about how to weigh competing values, and offer strategies for navigating real world tough cases.

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AMA Journal of Ethics

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Dec 15, 2025

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Episodes

Author Interview: "How Should Resources From National Stockpiles Be Managed?" 15.04.2024

Dr Geoff Hollett joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Jennie B. Jarrett : " How Should Resources From National Stockpiles Be Managed?"   Recorded January 1 1 , 202 4.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "Which Data Analytics Tool Should We Use to Evaluate Risk in Upstream Drug Supply Chains?" 15.04.2024

Wejdan Bagais joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Matt Christian : " Which Data Analytics Tool Should We Use to Evaluate Risk in Upstream Drug Supply Chains?"   Recorded January 31 , 2024.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "What Should Prescribers and Policy Makers Know About US Drug Importation?" 15.04.2024

Nisha Quasba joins Ethics Talk to discuss h er article, coauthored with Elliot Vice: " What Should Prescribers and Policy Makers Know About US Drug Importation? "   Recorded January 30 , 2024.   Read the article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?" 15.04.2024

Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Kavitha Nallathambi : " How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?"   Recorded February 2, 2024.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?" 15.04.2024

Hilary Daniel joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Courtney Perlino and Dr Amy B. Cadwallader: " Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?"   Recorded February 2 , 2024.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Ethics Talk: Supply Chain Reasons Your Pharmacy Might Not Have Your Medicine 01.04.2024

Dr Amy Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss how critical medicine supply chains are identified and secured.   Recorded February 2, 2024.    Read the full April 2024 issue for free at JournalofEthics.org  

Author Interview: "Virtual Eye Contact" 15.03.2024

Dr Christy Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: " Virtual Eye Contact."   Recorded January 9, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "What Does the History of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design Tell Us About Balancing Safety and Healing for Patients With Suicidal Behaviors?" 15.03.2024

Alice Liu joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr s David Im and Laura Hirshbein : " What Does the History of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design Tell Us About Balancing Safety and Healing for Patients With Suicidal Behaviors?"   Recorded December 5 , 2023.   Read the full article at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic" 15.03.2024

Dr Matthew Edwards joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Nathaniel Morris : " How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic"   Recorded December 5, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "Why Patient-Centered Built Environment Standards Matter More Than Numbers of Beds in Inpatient Psychiatry" 15.03.2024

Dr Morgan C. S h ields joins Ethics Talk to discuss h er article , coauthored with Zohra Kantawala and Dr Ramesh Raghavan : " Why Patient-Centered Built Environment Standards Matter More Than Numbers of Beds in Inpatient Psychiatry"   Recorded December 1 5 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces?" 15.03.2024

Dr Brendan Kel ly joins Ethics Talk to discuss h is article , coauthored with Dr Róisín Plunkett : " Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces?"   Recorded November 1 4 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "What Should Students and Trainees Learn About Patient-Centered Documentation?" 15.03.2024

Dr Peter Steen joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article , coauthored with Drs Nubia Chong, Maria Mirabela Bodic , Ludwing Salamanca, and Stephanie LeMelle : " What Should Students and Trainees Learn About Patient-Centered Documentation?"   Recorded December 11 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "Should Patients' Boredom in Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm?" 15.03.2024

Dr Carrie Tamarelli joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article , coauthored with Angela Cao and Dr Rebecca Grossman-Kahn : " Should Patients' Boredom in Locked Patient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm?"   Recorded December 7, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks?" 15.03.2024

Dr Allie Slemon joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article , coauthored wi th Shivin der Dhari : " When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks?"   Recorded December 5 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Should Suicide Prevention and Healing Be Expressed as Goals of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design?" 15.03.2024

Dr Jennifer McIntosh joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Mona Shattell : " How Should Suicide Prevention and Healing Be Expressed as Goals of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design?"   Recorded December 13, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Ethics Talk: Participatory Design in the Spaces and Structures of Mental Health Caregiving 01.03.2024

Architect Stefan Lundin joins Ethics Talk to discuss how the design of mental health facilities contributes to safety and to patient healing. Read the full March 2024 issue, Environmental Architecture of Psychiatric Inpatient Safety, at JournalofEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "Lessons for Ethics From the Kingdom of Fungi" 15.02.2024

Dr Christy A. Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article : " Lessons for Ethics From the Kingdom of Fungi . "   Recorded November 16 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How One Health Instrumentalizes Nonhuman Animals" 15.02.2024

Dr L. Syd Johnson joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr s Hope Ferdowsian and Jessica Pierce : " How One Health Instrumentalizes Nonhuman Animals."   Recorded November 28 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Racism and 'Tropical Medicine' Built the Panama Canal" 15.02.2024

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article : " How Racism and 'Tropical Medicine' Built the Panama Canal."   Recorded November 2 9 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How High Reliability Can Facilitate Clinical, Organizational, and Public Health Responses to Global Ecological Health Risks" 15.02.2024

Lloyd Duplechan joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article : " How High Reliability Can Facilitate Clinical, Organizational, and Public Health Responses to Global Ecological Health Risks . "   Recorded December 1, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "Can One Health Policy Help Us Expand an Ethics of Interconnection and Interdependence?" 15.02.2024

Dr Karen Meagher joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article : " Can One Health Policy Help Us Expand an Ethics of Interconnection and Interdependence?"   Recorded December 8, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Should a One Health Perspective Promote Cross-Disciplinary Research About Bat-Associated Viruses in Uganda?" 15.02.2024

John Kayiwa joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Benard Matovu, Michael Mutebi, Charity Angella Nassuna , Leonara Nabatanzi , and Drs Kevin Castle, Robert Kityo , Rebekah Kading : " How Should a One Health Perspective Promote Cross-Disciplinary Research About Bat-Associated Viruses in Uganda?"   Recorded November 30 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.o...

Author Interview: "Why Climate Literacy Is Health Literacy" 15.02.2024

Dr Larry Churchill joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Gail Henderson and Nancy King : " Why Climate Literacy Is Health Literacy . "   Recorded November 8, 2023.   Read the full article at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "Five Things Clinicians Need to Know About Zoonotic Viral Spillover and Spillback" 15.02.2024

Dr Gregory Gray joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Laura Pulscher and Hisham Alsharif : " Five Things Clinicians Need to Know About Zoonotic Viral Spillover and Spillback."   Recorded November 9, 2023.    Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?" 15.02.2024

Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: " How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?"   Recorded November 21, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

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