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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 i…

AMA Journal of Ethics


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    Editorial Fellow Interview: “Embodiment in Art Practice”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 3:52


    Editorial Fellow Michaela Chan joins Ethics Talk to discuss the June 2025 issue of the Journal: “Embodiment in Art Practice.   Recorded March 27, 2025. 

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    Author Interview: “Narrative, Embodiment, and Health”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 2:49


    Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Narrative, Embodiment, and Health.”   Recorded February 20, 2025. 

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    Author Interview: “Muscle Memory as Embodied Record Keeping”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 5:13


    Jessica Delli Carpini joins Ethics Talk to discuss her 3-dimensional light sculpture: “40.20.”  Recorded February 27, 2025. 

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    Author Interview: “Repair and Transformation”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 4:27


    Delaina Doshi joins Ethics Talk to discuss her piece, co-created with Dr Neha Sheng: “Mending.”  Recorded March 27, 2025. 

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    Author Interview: “Self-Portraiture, Embodiment, and Adaptive Creation”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 4:39


    Julia O'Brien joins Ethics Talk to discuss her collection of multimedia paintings and sculptures: “Time Capsule.”  Recorded February 25, 2025. 

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    Author Interview: “When Poor Practice and Poor Communication Make Grief Worse”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 5:06


    Dr Mónica Lalanda joins Ethics Talk to discuss her comic: “There's No Heartbeat.”  Recorded March 24, 2025.   

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    Author Interview: "Lessons in Embodiment From the World of Physical Theatre"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 3:38


    Zoe Kriegler-Wenk joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Lessons in Embodiment From the World of Physical Theatre.”  Recorded February 20, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Psychogeography as Embodied Connection to Place”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 3:44


    Zoe Kriegler-Wenk joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr John Green: “Psychogeography as Embodied Connection to Place.”  Recorded February 20, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: How Poetry Can Enhance Ethical Inquiry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 11:36


    In this special episode of Ethics Talk, poet and senior policy analyst with the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Dr Jake Young joins us to discuss his poem, A Rare Bone Disease, and how creative arts, including poetry, can help enhance ethical inquiry's power and richness. Recorded May 15, 2024.  Read our full issue on Embodiment in Art Practice at JournalofEthics.org Read this poem in full at Dr Young's website: jake-young.com

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    Ethics Talk: Whose Bodies Should Be Represented in Art?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 19:55


    Dr Christy Slobogin joins Ethics Talk to discuss embodiment – what it is and why clinicians should care about it. Recorded February 28, 2025.  Read the full June 2025 issue on Emodiment in Health Care for free at JournaOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Can Current Legal Tools Respond Adequately to Risks of Private Equity Investment in Health Care?”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 5:13


    Dr Robert I. Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Can Current Legal Tools Respond Adequately to Risks of Private Equity Investment in Health Care?” Recorded February 17, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Physician Engagement With Private Equity Firms”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 3:39


    Dr Amber R. Comer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Jake Young: “Physician Engagement With Private Equity Firms.”  Recorded February 27, 2025.  Read the article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Private Equity Strategies in Nonprofit Health Care”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 4:14


    Zachary J. Gallin joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Emily L. Xu: “Private Equity Strategies in Nonprofit Health Care.”  Recorded February 12, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms?”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 3:35


    Dr Ryan C. McDevitt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ambar La Forgia: “How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms?”  Recorded February 11, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org  

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    Author Interview: “How Private Equity Undermines Rural Health Equity”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 3:18


    Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Private Equity Undermines Rural Health Equity.”  Recorded February 20, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “When Does Private Equity Ownership of Physician Practices Violate ‘First, Do No Harm?”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 3:44


    Preethi Subbiah joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Richard M. Scheffler: “When Does Private Equity Ownership of Physician Practices Violate ‘First, Do No Harm?”  Recorded February 28, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Wavering on Branches of a Decision Tree”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 4:56


    Lio Barnhardt joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: “Decision Tree Comic.”  Recorded February 28, 2025.  See the full comic for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: Are Private Equity Investments Really Different From Other Ownership Structures in Health Care?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 21:48


    Dr Rob Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss whether and to what extent private equity firm's increasing presence in health care deserves our scrutiny and what policy makers, clinicians, and patients should know about responding to private equity ownership stakes in the organizations where work and where they go for health services.  Read the full May 2025 issue on private equity in health care for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Ethics of Learning Surgical Autonomy in Safety-Net Hospital Systems With Patients Who Are Incarcerated”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 4:21


    Kala Pham joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Rachel Davis: “Ethics of Learning Surgical Autonomy in Safety-Net Hospital Systems With Patients Who Are Incarcerated.”  Recorded February 6, 2025.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Foundations of Carceral Health Care Came From a Right to Sue”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 3:52


    Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Foundations of Carceral Health Care Came From a Right to Sue.”  Recorded February 6, 2025.   Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: Yes, Involuntary Sterilization Still Happens in the US

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 26:51


    Lawyer Cynthia Chandler joins Ethics Talk to discuss the practice of sterilization in California state prisons and Dr Anthony Loria shares new research on surgical outcomes for incarcerated patients.  Chandler interview recorded December 17, 2024; Loria interview recorded December 19, 2024. 

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    Editorial Fellow Interview: “Regret Is Endemic to Surgical Professional Life and Navigating It Is a Skill”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 5:01


    Editorial Fellow Dr Kimberly E. Kopecky joins Ethics Talk to discuss the March 2024 issue of the Journal: “Regret in the Moral Psychology of Surgical Professionalism”  Recorded December 12, 2024.  Read the full March 2025 issue, Regret in the Morla Psychology of Surgical Professionalism, for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should Senior Surgeons Help Junior Colleagues and Trainees Experiencing Regret?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 3:32


    Dr Carlie Arbaugh joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kimberly Kopecky: “How Should Senior Surgeons Help Junior Colleagues and Trainees Experiencing Regret?”  Recorded December 17, 2024. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Which Systemic Responses Should We Evolve to Help Surgeons Navigate Their Regret Experiences?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:27


    Ryan X. Lam joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Ruhi Thapar and Drs Eric J. Silberfein and Lorenzo R. Deveza: “Which Systemic Responses Should We Evolve to Help Surgeons Navigate Their Regret Experiences?”  Recorded December 17, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should Professional Resistance Be Integrated Into Conceptions of Professional Accountability?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:09


    Dr Rachel Ellaway joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored Drs Lisa Graves and Tasha R. Wyatt: “How Should Professional Resistance Be Integrated Into Conceptions of Professional Accountability?”  Recorded December 9, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “What Are Organizations' Responsibilities When Surgeons Experience Regret?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:19


    Dr Amy E. Vertrees joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored Dr Matthew R. Endara: “What Are Organizations' Responsibilities When Surgeons Experience Regret?”  Recorded December 17, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author interview: “COVID-19 in 2024”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:51


    Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: “A Comic About COVID-19 in 2024.”  Recorded January 10, 2025.   See the full comic for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author interview: “Stage, Cut, Investigate, Regret, Heal”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:20


    Maximilian Shaefer joins Ethics Talk to discuss his series of drawings: “An Empty Stage,” “One Wrong Cut,” “An Investigation,” “Regret,” and “The Healing Hand.”  Recorded July 1, 2024.  See the full series of drawings for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author interview: “Teletherapy Ethics”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 4:11


    Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their comic: “Talking About Teletherapy.”  Recorded January 10, 2024.  Read the full comic for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should We Understand Regret as a Moral Psychological Experience That Can Influence Clinical Decision-Making?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 5:09


    Sarah Spaulding joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored Dr Katherine Fischkoff: “How Should We Understand Regret as a Moral Psychological Experience That Can Influence Clinical Decision-Making?”  Recorded January 9, 2024.  Read the article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: Regret, Detransitioning, and Trans Health Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 26:40


    Dr Kinnon MacKinnon joins Ethics Talk to discuss what we know about regret experiences of patients following transition-related care and, just as importantly, what we don't. Recorded December 5, 2024.  Read the full March issue on Regret in the Moraly Psychology of Surgical Professionalism for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should IUD Placement Pain Be Described and Managed?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 3:13


    Dr Veronica Hutchison joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Eve Espey: “How Should IUD Placement Pain Be Described and Managed?”  Recorded November 27, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should Intensity and Duration of Pain Inform Standard of Care for Pain Management in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Procedures?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 4:41


    Dr Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Lisa Bayer: “How Should Intensity and Duration of Pain Inform Standard of Care for Pain Management in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Procedures?”  Recorded December 3, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Using Policy and Law to Help Reduce Endometriosis Diagnostic Delay”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 6:49


    Scott Schweikart joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Annika Penzer: “Using Policy and Law to Help Reduce Endometriosis Diagnostic Delay.”  Recorded December 3, 2024. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Treating Patients in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Examinations and Procedures”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 4:31


    Dr Amber Comer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Meredith Rappaport: “Treating Patients in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Examinations and Procedures.”  Recorded December 5, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “What Does Our Tolerance of Poor Management of Patients' Pain Have to Do With Reimbursement Inequity for Office-Based Gynecologic Procedures?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 6:09


    Nishita Pondugula and Dr Louise King joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Parmida Maghsoudlou and Dr Vardit Ravitsky: “What Does Our Tolerance of Poor Management of Patients' Pain Have to Do With Reimbursement Inequity for Office-Based Gynecologic Procedures?”  Recorded December 5, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Abortion in the Nineteenth Century Through the Lens of Ann Lohman”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 5:02


    Dr Suzanne Minor joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Arianna Tapia and Dr Sarah Stumbar: “Abortion in the Nineteenth Century Through the Lens of Ann Lohman.”  Recorded November 26, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Performing Clarity, Sincerity, and Endurance”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 6:46


    Teddie Bernard joins Ethics Talk to discuss their cartoon: “Childless by Choice.”  Recorded November 20, 2024.  See the cartoon for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: How Stigma and Shame Obscure Clinical Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 19:14


    Dr Wendy Kline joins Ethics Talk to discuss the hidden history of the pelvic exam.  Recorded October 7, 2024. 

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    Author Interview: “Whom Should We Regard as Responsible for Health Record Inaccuracies That Hinder Population-Based Fact Finding?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 6:16


    Dr Shelli L. Feder joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kathleen M. Akgün: “What Should Health Professions Students Learn About Data Bias?”  Recorded October 28, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “What Should Health Professions Students Learn About Data Bias?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 3:42


    Dr Douglas Shenson joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Beverley J. Sheares and Chelesa Fearce: “What Should Health Professions Students Learn About Data Bias?”  Recorded October 28, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Which Values Should Guide Evidence-Based Practice?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 3:43


    Dr Amber R. Comer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Which Values Should Guide Evidence-Based Practice?”  Recorded October 29, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Should Epidemiologists Respond to Data Genocide?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 4:36


    Abigal Echo-Hawk joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Sofia Locklear, Sarah McNally, Lannesse Baker, and Sacena Gurule: “How Should Epidemiologists Respond to Data Genocide?”  Recorded October 25, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Lessons From the Political History of Epidemiology for Divisive Times”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 6:38


    Dr Quinn Valier joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article: “Lessons From the Political History of Epidemiology for Divisive Times.”  Recorded October 28, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: Underrecognized Origins of Epidemiology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 29:44


    Dr James Downs joins Ethics Talk to discuss the underrecognized contributions of marginalized peoples to the origins of epidemiology, and Dr Rae Anne Martinez outlines good uses of race and ethnicity data in epidemiological research.  Interview with Dr Downs recorded on October 1, 2024; Interview with Dr Martinez recorded on October 9, 2024.   Read the full January 2025 issue on epidemiology and clinical practice for free at JournalOfEthics.org.

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    Editorial Fellow Interview: "How Design Affects Health"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 5:23


    Editorial Fellow Dr Joy Liu joins Ethics Talk to discuss the December 2024 issue of the Journal: “Evidence-Based Design in Health Care.”   Recorded September 19, 2024.  Read the full December 2024 issue for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “What Should Health Professions Trainees Learn About Built Environment Activism?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 5:50


    William J. Hercules joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr David A. Deemer: “What Should Health Professions Trainees Learn About Built Environment Activism?”  Recorded August 27, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “Hospital Design Standards and the AMA”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 5:03


    Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Hospital Design Standards and the AMA.”  Recorded September 24, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “How Innovative Designs Can Help Ease Ethical Tension in Good Dementia Caregiving and Decision-Making”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 7:24


    Dr Emily Roberts joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Innovative Designs Can Help Ease Ethical Tension in Good Dementia Caregiving and Decision-Making.”  Recorded August 23, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Ethics Talk: Health Care Space and Structure Designs As Interventions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 31:41


    Dr Jeanne Kisacky joins Ethics Talk to discuss changes in hospital design from the late 1800s to the present, and human-centered design specialist John Meyer explains how “design thinking” can help health professionals provide better care for patients. Read the full December 2024 issue on evidence-based design in health care for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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    Author Interview: “What Might It Mean to Have a Right to Bear a Pregnancy Peacefully?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 3:58


    Dr Julia Feinstein joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “What Might It Mean to Have a Right to Bear a Pregnancy Peacefully?”  Recorded July 29, 2024.  Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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