100 episodes

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.

Ethics Talk AMA Journal of Ethics

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 18 Ratings

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.

    Ethics Teaching and Learning: When Should Psychiatric Care Be Palliative?

    Ethics Teaching and Learning: When Should Psychiatric Care Be Palliative?

    Dr Cynthia Geppert joins Ethics Talk to discuss how teaching health professions students and trainees about palliative psychiatry reinvigorates core philosophy of medicine investigations into what health care is for.

    • 21 min
    Author Interview: "Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?”

    Author Interview: "Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?”

    Dr Cynthia Geppert joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: "Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?” 

    Recorded June 5, 2023. 
    Read the full article here. 

    • 3 min
    Author Interview: “A Life-Affirming Palliative Care Model for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa”

    Author Interview: “A Life-Affirming Palliative Care Model for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa”

    Dr Jonathan Treem joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Joel Yager and Jennifer Gaudiani: “A Life-Affirming Palliative Care Model for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa.” 

    Recorded May 17, 2023. 
    Read the full article here. 

    • 5 min
    Author Interview: “Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is 'Palliative?'”

    Author Interview: “Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is 'Palliative?'”

    Dr Brent Kious joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ryan Nelson: “Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative’?” 

    Recorded May 30, 2023. 
    Read the full article here. 

    • 9 min
    Author Interview: “Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care”

    Author Interview: “Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care”

    Dr Anna Westermair joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Manuel Trachsel: “Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care” 

    Recorded June 5, 2023. 
    Read the full article here. 

    • 5 min
    Author Interview: “What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology?”

    Author Interview: “What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology?”

    Dr Awais Aftab joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology?” 

    Recorded June 5, 2023. 
    Read the full article here. 

    • 5 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
18 Ratings

18 Ratings

amonduulii ,

Fills an important need.

There are very few places one can go to to hear leading thinkers and practitioners discussing current medical ethics issues. This is it. Great range of topics, timely, and the right length of time to go into detail.

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