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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Latest episode

Dec 15, 2025

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Episodes

Author Interview: "Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?" 15.02.2024

Dr Erica Kaufman West joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: " Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?"   Recorded November 10, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Ethics Talk: Who's "Health" Does One Health Protect? 01.02.2024

Dr Joost van Herten joins Ethics Talk to discuss how comparing different conceptions of health can help us interrogate just exactly what a One Health approach to health offers and what it doesn't . Read the full February 2024 issue on Health Ecology and Disease Transmission at JournalofEthics.org . 

Ethics Teaching and Learning: One Approach to Teaching Critical Theory to Health Professions Students 22.01.2024

Dr John Chenault joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss how he uses critical theory to prepare health professions students to better distinguish representation from reality.   Recorded September 26 , 2023.    

Author Interview: "Centering Justice in Health Professions Education by Owning Limitations of Antibias Checklists" 15.01.2024

Dr Jennifer Randall joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Tasha Wyatt: " Centering Justice in Health Professions Education by Owning Limitations of Antibias Checklists."   Recorded October 23, 2023.    Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "How to Gird Up 'Watch One, Do One, Teach One' for the Moral Psychological Demands of Just Action" 15.01.2024

Dr Christy Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article : " How to Gird Up 'Watch One, Do One, Teach One' for the Moral Psychological Demands of Just Action."   Recorded November 16, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "Need More Reasons to Curb Gun Violence?" 15.01.2024

Dr Jamaji C.  Nwanaji-Enwerem joins Ethics Talk to discuss his collection of images: "Intentionally Retained, Intentionally Fragmented, Accidentally Retained, and Accidentally Fragmented."   Recorded November 3, 2023.   Read the full article and see Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem's artwork for free at JournalOfEthics.org .

Author Interview: "AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions Related to Critical Pedagogy in the Health Professions" 15.01.2024

May a Roytman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article : " AMA Code of Medical Ethics ' Opinions Related to Critical Pedagogy in the Health Professions . "   Recorded October 4 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training" 15.01.2024

Lydia Smeltz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Susan Havercamp and Lisa Meeks: " Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training."   Recorded October 27, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org .

Author Interview: "What Might It Mean to Embrace Emancipatory Pedagogy in Medical Education?" 15.01.2024

Dr Whitney Cabey joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article , coauthored with Nicolle Strand and Erin Marshall : " What Might It Mean to Embrace Emancipatory Pedagogy in Medical Education?"   Recorded October 6 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org .  

Author Interview: "Using Critical Pedagogy to Advance Antiracism in Health Professions Education" 15.01.2024

Chioma Onuoha joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article , coauthored with Drs Jennifer Tsai and Rohan Khazanchi : " Using Critical Pedagogy to Advance Antiracism in Health Professions Education. "   Recorded September 28 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org .

Author Interview: "How Should We Approach Faculty Who Create Hostile Learning Environments for Underrepresented Students and Trainees?" 15.01.2024

Dr J Corey Williams joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Ashley Andreou and Susan Cheng : " How Should We Approach Faculty Who Create Hostile Learning Environments for Underrepresented Students and Trainees?"   Recorded October 6, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Ethics Talk: How Assumptions About Structural Determinants of Health Can Mask Sources of Inequity 01.01.2024

Dr John Chenault joins Ethics Talk to explain one historical view of critical theory in health professions education.   Recorded September 26, 2023.   Read the full January 2024 issue on critical pedagogies in health professions for free at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "Reasons Not to Turf a Patient Whose 'Belonging' in a Hospital Is Unclear" 15.12.2023

Dr Patricia Luck joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Arman Niknafs : " Reasons Not to Turf a Patient Whose 'Belonging' in a Hospital Is Unclear . "   Recorded September 1 9 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions Related to 'Turfing'" 15.12.2023

Maya Roytman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: " AMA Code of Medical Ethics ' Opinions Related to 'Turfing.'"   Recorded October 4 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "Why Should Physicians Care About What Law Says About Turfing and Dumping Patients?" 15.12.2023

Makenzie Doubek joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Scott Schweikart: " Why Should Physicians Care About What Law Says About Turfing and Dumping Patients?"   Recorded September 29 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "What Should Students and Trainees Be Taught About Turfing and Where Patients Belong?" 15.12.2023

Dr Gillian R. Schmitz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Robert Strauss : " What Should Students and Trainees Be Taught About Turfing and Where Patients Belong?"   Recorded September 11 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "How Should Technology-Dependent Patients' Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing?" 15.12.2023

Dr Emma Cooke joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Holland Kaplan : "How Should Technology-Dependent Patients' Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing ?"   Recorded September 21, 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as 'Too Medically Complex' for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another?" 15.12.2023

Dr David Marcus joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: " When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as "Too Medically Complex" for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? "   Recorded September 26 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare?" 15.12.2023

Dr Kaarkuzhali Krishnamurthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: " Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare?"   Recorded September 8 , 2023.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Editorial Fellow Interview: "Turfing, USA" 15.12.2023

Dr Sophia Görgens joins Ethics Talk to discuss this month's issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics: " Belonging, Placement, and Turfing. "   Recorded September 8, 2023.   Read the full December Issue for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Ethics Talk: Does Normalization of Turfing Explain Why There's No Recent Literature on It? 01.12.2023

Dr Catherine Caldicott joins Ethics Talk to discuss  why turfing, despite being such a common, troublesome ethical issue, receives such little attention in the literature, how clinicians can ensure appropriate and safe transfers of care, and what health professions students and trainees can do to confront turfing when they see it.   Recorded on September 6, 2023.   Read the full December issue on...

Ethics Teaching and Learning: Drawing on Students' Experiences With the COVID-19 Pandemic to Teach Public Health Ethics 22.11.2023

Dr Pamela Teaster joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss public health ethics teaching during the waning COVID-19 pandemic.

Author Interview: "On Health and Loneliness" 15.11.2023

Dr Amy Wendling joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: " On Health and Loneliness."   Recorded July 27, 2023. Read the full article for free at  JournalOfEthics.org .

Author Interview: "Isolation" 15.11.2023

Dr Zachary Jacobs joins Ethics Talk to discuss his comic: " Isolation, Connection, and Learning to Slow Down."    Recorded August 1 7, 2023.   See the comic at JournalOfEthics.org . 

Author Interview: "Rest Is the First Casualty of Constant Messaging" 15.11.2023

Kathleen Wong joins Ethics Talk to discuss her comic : " Lit, Unread, Unrested."   Recorded August 17, 2023. See the comic at JournalOfEthics.org . 

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