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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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Episodes

Author Interview: "A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance”

May 15, 2024 09:00 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MB

Devin Hunt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Olivia Kates: "A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance”  Recorded February 9, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org.

Author Interview: "Uptown Squirrel Does Not Eat That”

May 15, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes - 14.1 MB

Dr Christy Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Uptown Squirrel Does Not Eat That.”  Recorded March 5, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: "A How Should Health Care Respond to Threats Antimicrobial Resistance Poses to Workers?”

May 15, 2024 09:00 - 3 minutes - 7.39 MB

Dr Majd Alsoubani joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Maya Nadimpalli and Shira Doron: "A How Should Health Care Respond to Threats Antimicrobial Resistance Poses to Workers?”  Recorded February 16, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org.

Ethics Talk: Environmental Services Techs Are Key to Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance

May 01, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes - 49.1 MB

Lloyd Duplechan joins Ethics Talk to discuss health organizations’ responsibilities to protect employees and community members from AMR.  Recordeed December 4, 2024.  

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

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.37 MB

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: “How Should We Draw on Pharmacists’ Expertise to Manage Drug Shortages in Hospitals?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 11.9 MB

Dr Michael Ganio joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Should We Draw on Pharmacists’ Expertise to Manage Drug Shortages in Hospitals?”  Recorded January 25, 2024.  Read the full article for JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: “How Should Resources From National Stockpiles Be Managed?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 12.6 MB

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 11, 2024.  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?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.45 MB

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?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 23.2 MB

Nisha Quasba joins Ethics Talk to discuss her 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: “Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.68 MB

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

Author Interview: “How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains?”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 6 minutes - 15.2 MB

Dr Hanni Stoklosa and Mike Schiller joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Dr Mollie Gordon, Dr Rebecca Chen, Dr John Coverdale, and Dr Phuong Nguyen: “How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains?”  Recorded February 1, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

Author Interview: “You Are What You Eat . . . and What You Take Orally, Intravenously, or Topically”

April 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 12.6 MB

Dr Christy Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “You Are What You Eat . . . and What You Take Orally, Intravenously, or Topically”  Recorded February 5, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalofEthics.org

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

April 01, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes - 52.6 MB

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: “What Should Students and Trainees Learn About Patient-Centered Documentation?”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 6 minutes - 15.2 MB

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: “When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks?”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MB

Dr Allie Slemon joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Shivinder 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: “Why Patient-Centered Built Environment Standards Matter More Than Numbers of Beds in Inpatient Psychiatry”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 11.1 MB

Dr Morgan C. Shields joins Ethics Talk to discuss her 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 15, 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?”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.69 MB

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

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

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 9.96 MB

Alice Liu joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs 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: “Virtual Eye Contact”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 6 minutes - 15.6 MB

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: “Should Patients’ Boredom in Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm?”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 11.7 MB

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: “Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces?”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.43 MB

Dr Brendan Kelly joins Ethics Talk to discuss his 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 14, 2023.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

Author Interview: “How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic”

March 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 12.3 MB

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

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

March 01, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes - 59.5 MB

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

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 18.2 MB

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: “How Racism and ‘Tropical Medicine’ Built the Panama Canal”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 10.8 MB

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Racism and ‘Tropical Medicine’ Built the Panama Canal.”  Recorded November 29, 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?”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 16.4 MB

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.org

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

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MB

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 One Health Instrumentalizes Nonhuman Animals”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 11.5 MB

Dr L. Syd Johnson joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs 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 Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes - 6.78 MB

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

Author Interview: “Lessons for Ethics From the Kingdom of Fungi”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 16.1 MB

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: “Why Climate Literacy Is Health Literacy”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 16.3 MB

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”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 12.8 MB

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: “Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?”

February 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 9.46 MB

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?

February 01, 2024 10:00 - 22 minutes - 51.5 MB

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

January 22, 2024 10:00 - 11 minutes - 25.7 MB

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: “How Should We Approach Faculty Who Create Hostile Learning Environments for Underrepresented Students and Trainees?”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 10.7 MB

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. 

Author Interview: “How to Gird Up ‘Watch One, Do One, Teach One’ for the Moral Psychological Demands of Just Action”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 12.6 MB

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: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Critical Pedagogy in the Health Professions”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 10.3 MB

Maya 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: “What Might It Mean to Embrace Emancipatory Pedagogy in Medical Education?”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 22.2 MB

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: “Centering Justice in Health Professions Education by Owning Limitations of Antibias Checklists”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 9.6 MB

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: “Centering Justice in Health Professions Education by Owning Limitations of Antibias Checklists”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 9.6 MB

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: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 9.4 MB

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: “Using Critical Pedagogy to Advance Antiracism in Health Professions Education”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 9.03 MB

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: “Need More Reasons to Curb Gun Violence?”

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 8.73 MB

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.

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

January 01, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 58.6 MB

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: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to ‘Turfing’”

December 15, 2023 09:00 - 3 minutes - 8.97 MB

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: “Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare?”

December 15, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 12.9 MB

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

Author Interview: “When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as ‘Too Medically Complex’ for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another?”

December 15, 2023 09:00 - 3 minutes - 8.38 MB

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: “What Should Students and Trainees Be Taught About Turfing and Where Patients Belong?”

December 15, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 9.54 MB

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: “Reasons Not to Turf a Patient Whose ‘Belonging’ in a Hospital Is Unclear”

December 15, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 9.73 MB

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 19, 2023.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org