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Aging Is Bad for You?
At some point along life’s trajectory, growing becomes aging. Gerotherapeutics—biologically-based approaches to health that target processes of aging—seem poised to respond. This theme issue investiga...
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The December 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Aging Is Bad for You? – is live!
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
“Anti-aging” appears to be on the verge of adoption as a legitimate project of medical science and clinical labor and effort. Learn more in this letter from the editor by Nicolai Wohns, MD: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/shou...
Should Aging Be Treated?
“Anti-aging” appears to be on the verge of adoption as a legitimate project of medical science and clinical labor and effort.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Anti-aging” appears to be on the verge of adoption as a legitimate project of medical science and clinical labor and effort. Learn more in this letter from the editor by Nicolai Wohns, MD: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/shou...
The December 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Aging Is Bad for You? – is live!
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
Aging Is Bad for You?
At some point along life’s trajectory, growing becomes aging. Gerotherapeutics—biologically-based approaches to health that target processes of aging—seem poised to respond. This theme issue investiga...
journalofethics.ama-assn.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The December 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Aging Is Bad for You? – is live!
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
This theme issue investigates ethical valences of what gerotherapeutics suggest about our pattern of pathologizing and medicalizing aging: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
Editorial Fellow Dr David Oxman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the November 2025 issue of the Journal: “Electronic Health Record Evolution.” journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/edit...
Editorial Fellow Interview: “Promises and Perils of Electronic Health Records”
Editorial Fellow Dr David Oxman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the November 2025 issue of the Journal: “Electronic Health Record Evolution.”
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November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Editorial Fellow Dr David Oxman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the November 2025 issue of the Journal: “Electronic Health Record Evolution.” journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/edit...
Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: “Raw Data.” journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/auth...
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: “Raw Data.” journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/auth...
Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Ethics Talk: Why Should We Think of Loneliness in Terms of Democracy?
Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dr Vivek H. Murthy joins Ethics Talk to discuss loneliness as a public health threat and the connection between loneliness, public health responsiveness, and the health of our democracy: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Dr Laura Gottlieb and Dr Rachael Landauer join Ethics Talk to discuss the problems and dilemmas of screening children for Structural Drivers of Health (SDoH): journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Ethics Talk: Ethical and Clinical Complexities of SDoH Screening and Follow-Up
Dr Laura Gottlieb joins Ethics Talk to discuss currently available screening methods and the difficulty in establishing causal links among structural determinants of health, interventions, and outcome...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Dr Laura Gottlieb and Dr Rachael Landauer join Ethics Talk to discuss the problems and dilemmas of screening children for Structural Drivers of Health (SDoH): journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Brett Feldman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the evolution of electronic health records in street health care practice: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Ethics Talk: How Do Street Clinicians Use EHRs?
Brett Feldman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the evolution of electronic health records in street health care practice.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Brett Feldman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the evolution of electronic health records in street health care practice: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
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Amid federal funding cuts- and often controversial changes in guidance, 15 state and territorial leaders have come together to create the Governor’s Public Health Alliance.
Here’s what to know about the new coalition.
Here’s what to know about the new coalition.
US Governors Launch Multistate Public Health Coalition
This Medical News article discusses a new state-led coalition, called the Governors Public Health Alliance, to bolster disease detection and response as federal support wanes.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Amid federal funding cuts- and often controversial changes in guidance, 15 state and territorial leaders have come together to create the Governor’s Public Health Alliance.
Here’s what to know about the new coalition.
Here’s what to know about the new coalition.
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Recent estimates suggest that chronic kidney disease affects nearly 800 million adults worldwide.
In this Q&A, conference cochair Katherine Tuttle, MD, shares clinical research highlights from Kidney Week 2025.
In this Q&A, conference cochair Katherine Tuttle, MD, shares clinical research highlights from Kidney Week 2025.
Kidney Week 2025 Highlights
This Medical News article is an interview with Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, education committee co-chair of Kidney Week 2025 and a professor of medicine at the University of Washington.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Recent estimates suggest that chronic kidney disease affects nearly 800 million adults worldwide.
In this Q&A, conference cochair Katherine Tuttle, MD, shares clinical research highlights from Kidney Week 2025.
In this Q&A, conference cochair Katherine Tuttle, MD, shares clinical research highlights from Kidney Week 2025.
Neuroscientist Dr Daniel J. Levitin and therapeutic musician Judy Friesem join Ethics Talk to discuss how music affects the brain and what role music can have in peace-making in clinical settings: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Ethics Talk: Therapeutic Music and Peace in Health Care
Neuroscientist Dr Daniel J. Levitin and therapeutic musician Judy Friesem join Ethics Talk to discuss how music affects the brain and what role music can have in peace-making in clinical settings.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Neuroscientist Dr Daniel J. Levitin and therapeutic musician Judy Friesem join Ethics Talk to discuss how music affects the brain and what role music can have in peace-making in clinical settings: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
The November 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Electronic Health Record Evolution – is live!
This theme issue investigates which values should inform EHR stewardship and innovation decisions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/electr...
This theme issue investigates which values should inform EHR stewardship and innovation decisions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/electr...
Electronic Health Record Evolution
Patients’ charts once hung at the feet of their hospital beds, and their purpose was to serve as the record of care for a particular patient. Now, electronic health records (EHRs) have several functio...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The November 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Electronic Health Record Evolution – is live!
This theme issue investigates which values should inform EHR stewardship and innovation decisions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/electr...
This theme issue investigates which values should inform EHR stewardship and innovation decisions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/electr...
Dr Laura Gottlieb joins Ethics Talk to discuss currently available screening methods and the difficulty in establishing causal links among data about structural determinants of health, interventions, and outcomes.
Listen to the full interview here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Listen to the full interview here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Dr Laura Gottlieb joins Ethics Talk to discuss currently available screening methods and the difficulty in establishing causal links among data about structural determinants of health, interventions, and outcomes.
Listen to the full interview here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Listen to the full interview here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
Little guidance exists about best practices for how clinical teams should respond to children’s unmet needs. Read this commentary on a case by Stephanie G. Menko, MD, Michael J. Luke, MD, Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-...
How Should Clinical Teams Integrate Findings From Social Needs Screenings Into Children’s Care Plans?
Little guidance exists about best practices for how clinical teams should respond to children’s unmet needs.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Little guidance exists about best practices for how clinical teams should respond to children’s unmet needs. Read this commentary on a case by Stephanie G. Menko, MD, Michael J. Luke, MD, Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-...
The September 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Screening Children for Structural Drivers of Health – is live!
This theme issue investigates how screening children for structural drivers of health (SDOH) should be implemented: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/screen...
This theme issue investigates how screening children for structural drivers of health (SDOH) should be implemented: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/screen...
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The September 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Screening Children for Structural Drivers of Health – is live!
This theme issue investigates how screening children for structural drivers of health (SDOH) should be implemented: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/screen...
This theme issue investigates how screening children for structural drivers of health (SDOH) should be implemented: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/screen...
Existential health care ethics is a field aimed at addressing ethical questions about intersections of human extinction and health care, writes Editorial Fellow Devin M. Kellis, MS: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/exis...
Existential Health Care Ethics
Existential health care ethics is a field aimed at addressing ethical questions about intersections of human extinction and health care.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Existential health care ethics is a field aimed at addressing ethical questions about intersections of human extinction and health care, writes Editorial Fellow Devin M. Kellis, MS: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/exis...
The August 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Existential Health Care Ethics – is live!
This theme issue considers what continued human existence requires of global and domestic health care: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/existe...
This theme issue considers what continued human existence requires of global and domestic health care: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/existe...
Existential Health Care Ethics
The American Medical Association declares that physicians will address “natural and man-made assaults on the health and wellbeing of humankind,” and that “[h]umanity is our patient.” The World Medical...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The August 2025 Issue of the #AMAJournalofEthics – Existential Health Care Ethics – is live!
This theme issue considers what continued human existence requires of global and domestic health care: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/existe...
This theme issue considers what continued human existence requires of global and domestic health care: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/existe...
Author interview: Dr Molly Nguyen joins #EthicsTalk to discuss the July 2025 issue of the Journal, “Rural US Emergency Medical Services”: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/edit...
Editorial Fellow Interview: “What Makes Rural EMS in the US a Health Equity Concern?”
Editorial Fellow Dr Molly Nguyen joins Ethics Talk to discuss the July 2025 issue of the Journal, co-curated with Dr Tanya Shenoy: “Rural US Emergency Medical Services.”
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July 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Author interview: Dr Molly Nguyen joins #EthicsTalk to discuss the July 2025 issue of the Journal, “Rural US Emergency Medical Services”: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/edit...
Despite their essential functions, rural EMS systems are often underfunded and understaffed to the point at which health equity is severely compromised. Read this Letter from the Editors, Molly Nguyen, MD and Tanya Shenoy, MD: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/what...
What Makes Rural EMS in the US a Health Equity Concern?
Despite their essential functions, rural EMS systems are often underfunded and understaffed to the point at which health equity is severely compromised.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Despite their essential functions, rural EMS systems are often underfunded and understaffed to the point at which health equity is severely compromised. Read this Letter from the Editors, Molly Nguyen, MD and Tanya Shenoy, MD: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/what...
The July 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Rural US Emergency Medical Services – is live!
This theme issue explores rural EMS as a source of questions neglected in health care ethics, policy, and equity discussions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/rural-...
This theme issue explores rural EMS as a source of questions neglected in health care ethics, policy, and equity discussions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/rural-...
Rural US Emergency Medical Services
Emergency medical services (EMS) are the most immediate health care resource for many US residents living in rural areas. We all rely on EMS to coordinate deployment of networks of transporters, first...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The July 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Rural US Emergency Medical Services – is live!
This theme issue explores rural EMS as a source of questions neglected in health care ethics, policy, and equity discussions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/rural-...
This theme issue explores rural EMS as a source of questions neglected in health care ethics, policy, and equity discussions: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/rural-...
DEADLINE SOON: Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
June 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
DEADLINE SOON: Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
The June 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Embodiment in Art Practice – is live!
This issue considers how art practices influence artists’ embodiment experiences: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
This issue considers how art practices influence artists’ embodiment experiences: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
Embodiment in Art Practice
Artists make marks with their bodies; in turn, art marks the body, and this reciprocal marking sometimes demands clinical and ethical responses. Some artists’ relationships with physically toxic media...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The June 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Embodiment in Art Practice – is live!
This issue considers how art practices influence artists’ embodiment experiences: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
This issue considers how art practices influence artists’ embodiment experiences: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
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Had such a pleasure being on the "Ethics Talk" podcast for @amajournalofethics.bsky.social to talk about art and embodiment.
Listen here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
And read the whole issue on Embodiment in Art Practice here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
Listen here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
And read the whole issue on Embodiment in Art Practice here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
Ethics Talk: Whose Bodies Should Be Represented in Art?
Dr Christine Slobogin joins Ethics Talk to discuss what embodiment is and why clinicians need to know about it.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Had such a pleasure being on the "Ethics Talk" podcast for @amajournalofethics.bsky.social to talk about art and embodiment.
Listen here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
And read the whole issue on Embodiment in Art Practice here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
Listen here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...
And read the whole issue on Embodiment in Art Practice here: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/embodi...
DEADLINE TODAY: Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
DEADLINE TODAY: Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
DEADLINE SOON: Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
May 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEADLINE SOON: Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
As private equity funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded from hospitals and nursing homes to physician practices. Read the full article by Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/can-...
Can Current Legal Tools Respond Adequately to Risks of Private Equity Investment in Health Care?
As private equity funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded from hospitals and nursing homes to physician practices.
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May 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
As private equity funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded from hospitals and nursing homes to physician practices. Read the full article by Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/can-...