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Health Equity and the Circle of Human Concern

Health care-related decisions currently unfold from a starting position of a restricted circle of human concern. At the time this article … See more

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Why Improving Low-Wage Health Care Jobs Is Critical for Health …

WEBOccupational employment and wages, May 2020, 37-2012 maids and housekeeping cleaners. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2022.

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Evolving Roles of Health Care Organizations in Community …

WEBSocial, environmental, and economic inequities are widely recognized as major drivers of health disparities. 1 As the US health care system shifts towards greater emphasis on …

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Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts

WEBGeorge Annas, JD, MPH is the Warren Distinguished Professor at the schools of public health, medicine, and law at Boston University, where he is also the …

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How Should Health Professionalism Be Redefined to Address …

WEBAbstract. Increasing focus on health equity is placing a spotlight on health professionals’ roles. Recent public health crises—the opioid epidemic, maternal mortality, and the …

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Effects of Lifestyle on Health Status Journal of Ethics American

WEBIt has become increasingly clear in recent decades that lifestyle factors contribute significantly to the ever-growing burden of chronic disease. Two behavioral …

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Hospitals’ Obligations to Address Social Determinants of Health

WEBHannah R. Sullivan is a legal scholar for the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs in Chicago, Illinois. She received her bachelor’s …

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Promoting Health as a Human Right in the Post-ACA United States

WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution of 1946 declared that the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health”—defined as “a state of complete physical, …

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Language and Health (In)Equity in US Latinx Communities

WEBAbstract. ESP. Language is a social determinant of health, no less so in the case of Latinx persons, who make up the second largest ethnic group in the United States.

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Can One Health Policy Help Us Expand an Ethics of …

WEBAbstract. One Health—a holistic approach to health that brings the moral status of animals and environments into consideration—is understood as a “professional …

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Individualism, Solidarity, and U.S. Health Care

WEBIndividualism demands freedom of speech, but for individuals to speak together reasonably, to deliberate respectfully, to make laws—to act in solidarity—demands education. …

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Health Equity, Cuban Style

WEBAs many readers know, the United States spends more on health care than any other country by far—$11 072 per capita in 2019. 1 Yet the health status of the US …

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What Are “Social Prescriptions” and How Should They Be …

WEBAbstract. Health consequences of social isolation and loneliness include worsened morbidity and mortality. Despite wide recognition of this fact, little is understood about …

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Integrating Health Equity Content Into Health Professions …

WEBAbstract. Health equity is a common theme discussed in health professions schools, yet many educators are wary of addressing it. Avoidance of health equity …

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Education and Education Policy as Social Determinants of Health

WEBEducation is a strong predictor of long-term health and quality of life [1]. At least one investigator [2] has argued that education causes health, but the pathways through …

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Why Health Professionals Should Speak Out Against False Beliefs …

WEBJoel T. Wu, JD, MPH, MA is a clinical ethics fellow at Children’s Minnesota and Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also a senior lecturer at the …

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April 2020, Volume 22, Number 4: E344-345 ART OF MEDICINE

WEB344 www.journalofethics.org AMA Journal of Ethics ®. April 2020, Volume 22, Number 4: E344-345 . ART OF MEDICINE . Cohesion in Distancing . Michael Shen, MD

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Arts-Based Research in Health Care Journal of Ethics American

WEBVisual, musical, and poetic forms of creative expression have embodied healing in many cultures for millennia. Research methods based in these artistic forms have grown in …

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Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native

WEBKenneth Bernard, MD, MBA is a board-certified emergency physician and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. He is a cofounder of a Native-owned …

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AMA Journal of Ethics

WEB344 www.journalofethics.org AMA Journal of Ethics® April 2020, Volume 22, Number 4: E344-345 ART OF MEDICINE Cohesion in Distancing Michael Shen, MD

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A Call for Behavioral Emergency Response Teams in Inpatient …

WEBWidespread implementation of behavioral emergency response teams for patient-centered behavioral interventions has been impeded by a pervasive perception that these …

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AMA Journal of Ethics

WEB192 www.amajournalofethics.org AMA Journal of Ethics®. February 2019, Volume 21, Number 2: E192-195 . ART OF MEDICINE . What Do Warhol, Pollock, and Murakami …

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