Articles Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496. State of the Art and Science Jul 2023 How Should We Approach Body Size Diversity in Clinical Trials? Dania Pagarkar, Erin Harrop, PhD, LICSW, and Lisa Erlanger, MD Despite concerns about clinical outcomes for patients with obesity, clinical trials report few data about such patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E517-527. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.517. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472. History of Medicine Jul 2023 Fat Norms and the AMA Jorie Braunold, MLIS In the early 20th century, the United States, as an industrialized nation with more food than ever, began to grapple with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E559-572. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.559. Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437. In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398. Viewpoint Jun 2023 More Lessons for Health Professionals From a Transgender Patient Ryan K. Sallans, MA This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E452-457. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.452. Letter to the Editor Jun 2023 Response to “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation” Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E458-460. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.458. Case and Commentary Jun 2023 How Should a Transgender Patient’s History of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Smoking Influence Gender-Affirming Health Decision Sharing? Rebkah Tesfamariam and Joshua D. Safer, MD This commentary on a case considers a transgender patient’s mental health and risk for DVT in ethical decision making about feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E386-390. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.386. Medicine and Society Jun 2023 Should Uterus Transplantation for Transwomen and Transmen Be Subsidized? Timothy F. Murphy, PhD and Kelsey Mumford Success in uterus transplantation among ciswomen suggests that transwomen and some transmen will also likely have interest in this intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E431-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.431. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Prev Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496.
State of the Art and Science Jul 2023 How Should We Approach Body Size Diversity in Clinical Trials? Dania Pagarkar, Erin Harrop, PhD, LICSW, and Lisa Erlanger, MD Despite concerns about clinical outcomes for patients with obesity, clinical trials report few data about such patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E517-527. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.517.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472.
History of Medicine Jul 2023 Fat Norms and the AMA Jorie Braunold, MLIS In the early 20th century, the United States, as an industrialized nation with more food than ever, began to grapple with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E559-572. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.559.
Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437.
In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398.
Viewpoint Jun 2023 More Lessons for Health Professionals From a Transgender Patient Ryan K. Sallans, MA This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E452-457. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.452.
Letter to the Editor Jun 2023 Response to “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation” Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E458-460. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.458.
Case and Commentary Jun 2023 How Should a Transgender Patient’s History of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Smoking Influence Gender-Affirming Health Decision Sharing? Rebkah Tesfamariam and Joshua D. Safer, MD This commentary on a case considers a transgender patient’s mental health and risk for DVT in ethical decision making about feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E386-390. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.386.
Medicine and Society Jun 2023 Should Uterus Transplantation for Transwomen and Transmen Be Subsidized? Timothy F. Murphy, PhD and Kelsey Mumford Success in uterus transplantation among ciswomen suggests that transwomen and some transmen will also likely have interest in this intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E431-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.431.
