Ethics Talk

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Alister Martin. Dr Martin is an Emergency Medicine Physician, faculty at the Center for Social Justice and Health Equity at Massachusetts General Hospital and Executive Director of VotER. He joined us to talk about helping patients get registered to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Director at Project South, which recently filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General documenting serious health and safety violations at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. To watch the full video interview, head to our site JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Matt Wuerker. Matt Wuerker is the staff cartoonist for Politico and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. He joined us to talk about his artistic process in creating cartoons that speak to matters of policy and politics arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr. Audiey Kao, with Dr. Arthur Caplan. Dr. Caplan is Head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and he joined us to talk about hesitancy among U.S. health care workers to take COVID19 vaccines. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalofEthics.org, or check out our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr. Audiey Kao, with Dr. Steven Goodman. Dr. Goodman is Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford School of Medicine. He joined us to talk about the implications of unblinding COVID-19 vaccine trials. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalofEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Allison Sesso, Executive Director of RIP Medical Debt, a 501(c)3 that works to eliminate medical debt for those at or near the federal poverty level. She joined us to discuss the devastating impacts of medical debt exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and how RIP Medical Debt helps. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Jenna Lester. Dr Lester is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined us to talk about the racial and ethnic disparities in dermatologic care and its contributions to health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Carla Perissinotto. Dr Perissinotto is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She joined us to talk about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the Journal's editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Professor Debbie Kaminer. Professor Kaminer is a professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College. She joined us to talk about vaccine mandates and other policy solutions to promote herd immunity against COVID-19. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

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