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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 interesting, important, and difficult questions, talk about how to weigh competing values, and offer strategies for navigating real world tough cases.

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Author Interview: "What Are the Most Ethically Salient Implications of Epigenetic Age Testing?"

Dr Michael Hauskeller joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Liam Shore: " What Are the Most Ethically Salient Implications of Epigenetic Age Testing? " Recorded September 29 , 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Author Interview: "How Old Are You, Actuarily?"

Dr Diya Uberoi joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Abby Rud: " How Old Are You, Actuarily?" Recorded October 3, 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Author Interview: "Lessons for Responsible Geroscience From the History of Longevity"

Dr Nicolai Wohns joins Ethics Talk to discuss h is article , coauthored with Dr Daniel Promislow : " Lessons for Responsible Geroscience From the History of Longevity." Recorded October 9 , 2025 . Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Editorial Fellow Interview: "Should Aging Be Treated?"

Editorial Fellow Dr Nicolai Wohns joins Ethics Talk to discuss the December 2025 issue of the Journal: "Aging is Bad f or You?" Recorded October 9, 2025 . Read the full December 2025 issue, Aging is Bad For You?, for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Ethics Talk: Lessons from Disability Ethics About Ageism

Dr Erin Gentry Lamb joins Ethics Talk to key ideas from disability ethics that can inform our thinking about age-related biases and Dr Kate de Medeiros describes how medicalizing aging affects our health, relationships, and sense of self. Interview with Dr Lamb recorded September 22, 2025; Interview with Dr de Medeiros recorded September 5, 2025. Read the full December 2025 issue - Aging is Bad…

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Editorial Fellow Interview: "Promises and Perils of Electronic Health Records"

Editorial Fellow Dr David Oxman joins Ethics Talk to discuss the November 2025 issue of the Journal : "Electronic Health Record Evolution." Recorded August 12 , 2025.

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Author Interview: "What Are Ethical Merits and Drawbacks of a Patient's Open and Direct Access to Clinical Information in Their EHRs During a Hospital Stay?"

Ibrahim Nawaz Khan joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Lauren Smith: " What Are Ethical Merits and Drawbacks of a Patient's Open and Direct Access to Clinical Information in Their EHRs During a Hospital Stay? " Recorded July 30 , 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Author Interview: "Whom Should We Regard as a Legitimate Stakeholder in the Accuracy of Information in a Patient's EHR?"

Steve O'Neill joins Ethics Talk to d iscuss his article, coauthore d with D r Catherine M. D esRoches : " Whom Shoul d We Regar d as a Legitimate Stakehol d er in the Accuracy of Information in a Patient's EHR?" Recor d e d August 6 , 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Author Interview: "How Should We Think About Ambient Listening and Transcription Technologies' Influences on EHR Documentation and Patient-Clinician Conversations?"

Sara Gerke joins Ethics Talk to d iscuss her article, coauthore d with D r D avi d Simon " How Shoul d We Think About Ambient Listening an d Transcription Technologies' Influences on EHR D ocumentation an d Patient-Clinician Conversations?" Recor d e d August 7 , 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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Author Interview: "EHRs, iPatients, and Clinician Well-Being"

Ali Rahman joins Ethics Talk t o d iscuss his article, coauthore d with D r Kimberly Ho, Marissa D ulas, D r Zi-Yi Choo, an d D r Maria Alcocer Alkureishi: " EHRs, iPatients , an d Clinician Well-Being." Recor d e d August 22 , 2025. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org

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