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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 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...
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...
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...
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...
This Friday, May 16th, 1pm CST- AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds live webinar canvasses what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care. Register today!: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/videocast/wh...
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This Friday, May 16th, 1pm CST- AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds live webinar canvasses what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care. Register today!: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/videocast/wh...
This May 16th AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds live webinar canvasses what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care. Register today!: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/videocast/wh...
May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This May 16th AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds live webinar canvasses what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care. Register today!: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/videocast/wh...
Now seeking submissions for our June 2026 issue, Ketamines, Old and New: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/june-2026-ke...
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now seeking submissions for our June 2026 issue, Ketamines, Old and New: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/june-2026-ke...
Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
April 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
April 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
Now seeking submissions for our March 2026 issue, Pediatric Surgical Innovation: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/march-2026-p...
April 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Now seeking submissions for our March 2026 issue, Pediatric Surgical Innovation: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/march-2026-p...
***Deadline March 30th!*** Now seeking submissions for our February 2026 issue, Data and Dobbs: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/february-202...
March 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
***Deadline March 30th!*** Now seeking submissions for our February 2026 issue, Data and Dobbs: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/february-202...
This comic by Teddie Bernard is based on interviews of 3 individuals who consider questions about patient-therapist interactions in individual and group teletherapy: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/tele...
March 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This comic by Teddie Bernard is based on interviews of 3 individuals who consider questions about patient-therapist interactions in individual and group teletherapy: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/tele...
This series of drawings by Maximilian Schaefer considers clinicians’ responses to the death of a surgical patient. Co-winner of the 2023 John Conley Art of Medicine Contest: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/stag...
March 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This series of drawings by Maximilian Schaefer considers clinicians’ responses to the death of a surgical patient. Co-winner of the 2023 John Conley Art of Medicine Contest: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/stag...
The first cells of this multi-panel comic by Teddie Bernard represent the artist’s personal experiences of testing positive for and enduring COVID-19 in January 2024: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/covi...
March 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The first cells of this multi-panel comic by Teddie Bernard represent the artist’s personal experiences of testing positive for and enduring COVID-19 in January 2024: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/covi...
Now seeking submissions for our June 2026 issue, Ketamines, Old and New: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/june-2026-ke...
March 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Now seeking submissions for our June 2026 issue, Ketamines, Old and New: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/june-2026-ke...
Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
March 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Now seeking submissions for our May 2026 issue, When Are Compounded Medicines Safe?: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/may-2026-whe...
Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Now seeking submissions for our April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
Now seeking submissions for our March 2026 issue, Pediatric Surgical Innovation: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/march-2026-p...
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Now seeking submissions for our March 2026 issue, Pediatric Surgical Innovation: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/march-2026-p...
Now seeking submissions for our February 2026 issue, Data and Dobbs: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/february-202...
March 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Now seeking submissions for our February 2026 issue, Data and Dobbs: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/february-202...
The March 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Regret in the Moral Psychology of Surgical Professionalism – is live!
This theme issue investigates regret in a surgeon’s moral psychological development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/.../regret-m....
This theme issue investigates regret in a surgeon’s moral psychological development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/.../regret-m....
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The March 2025 Issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics – Regret in the Moral Psychology of Surgical Professionalism – is live!
This theme issue investigates regret in a surgeon’s moral psychological development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/.../regret-m....
This theme issue investigates regret in a surgeon’s moral psychological development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/.../regret-m....
***Deadline FRIDAY!***
Now seeking submissions for our January 2026 issue, Nonhuman Animal Use in Surgical and Procedural Skill Development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/january-2026...
Now seeking submissions for our January 2026 issue, Nonhuman Animal Use in Surgical and Procedural Skill Development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/january-2026...
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
***Deadline FRIDAY!***
Now seeking submissions for our January 2026 issue, Nonhuman Animal Use in Surgical and Procedural Skill Development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/january-2026...
Now seeking submissions for our January 2026 issue, Nonhuman Animal Use in Surgical and Procedural Skill Development: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/january-2026...
Now accepting submissions for the April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
January 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Now accepting submissions for the April 2026 issue, Military Global Health Engagement: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/april-2026-m...
Now seeking submissions for November 2025: Electronic Health Record Evolution. This theme issue will investigate which kinds of work electronic health records should do: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/november-202...
December 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Now seeking submissions for November 2025: Electronic Health Record Evolution. This theme issue will investigate which kinds of work electronic health records should do: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/november-202...