Articles Medicine and Society Jul 2025 EMS Service Integration in American Indian and Native Alaskan Rural Communities Chelsea Tsasse and John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA Cultural humility, cost-effectiveness, equity, and tribal sovereignty are key to improving EMS responsiveness in AI/NA rural communities. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E525-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.525. State of the Art and Science Jul 2025 Which Technologies Should Be Used to Improve Prehospital Emergency Services? Sophia Görgens, MD Barriers to maintaining EMS in rural areas include personnel shortages, long travel times, and austere settings. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E510-517. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.510. Case and Commentary Jul 2025 When Is It Justifiable for an Inexperienced but Licensed Clinician to Perform a High-Risk but Low-Frequency Procedure on a Patient in a Prehospital Setting? Elizabeth Reiche, DO, Shaila Coffey, MD, and Emma Zeratsky, NRP, FP-C In prehospital settings, clinicians make difficult decisions that need to be made quickly and be within their scope of practice and skill set. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E497-502. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.497. Policy Forum Jul 2025 How Should Rural EMS Funding Streams Be Improved? James Small, MJA, CPM EMS responses are critical functions of local governments, yet, in rural areas, many EMS systems are staffed by licensed volunteers. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E518-524. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.518. Case and Commentary Jul 2025 When Is It Acceptable to Terminate Resuscitation in Prehospital Settings? Christopher Libby, MD, MPH and Scott H. Pasichow, MD, MPH Ethics and science inform EMTs’ and paramedics’ decisions to initiate, continue, or terminate resuscitation. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E484-490. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.484. Personal Narrative Jul 2025 I Pressed Down David M. Sine, DBioethics Situational awareness means that good care might not only be about the patient. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E537-540. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.537. Medical Education Jul 2025 How Should We Fund and Reimagine EMS to Support Sustainable Rural Health Infrastructure? Michael Levy, MD EMS care in rural areas of the United States has suffered from being chronically under-resourced and understaffed. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E503-509. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.503. History of Medicine Jul 2025 What Might the Past Suggest About Rural Emergency Services Amidst Critical Access Hospitals’ Decline? Siân Lewis-Bevan, MD, MPH, EMT-B and Stephen Powell, MD Recent rural hospital closures influence clinical and ethical dimensions of emergency care. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.530. Case and Commentary Jul 2025 According to Which Criteria Should a Return EMS Trip of Long Duration and Distance Be Deemed Ethically Justifiable? Casey Patrick, MD Assessing and adequately documenting a patient’s decision-making capacity is a responsibility and skill required of all EMS personnel. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E491-496. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.491. From the Editor Jun 2025 Embodiment in Art Practice Michaela Chan, MFA Artistic expression is necessarily embodied. Each art form entails different sets of movements that an artist learns through repetition and feedback. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E395-396. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.395. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Prev … Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medicine and Society Jul 2025 EMS Service Integration in American Indian and Native Alaskan Rural Communities Chelsea Tsasse and John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA Cultural humility, cost-effectiveness, equity, and tribal sovereignty are key to improving EMS responsiveness in AI/NA rural communities. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E525-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.525.
State of the Art and Science Jul 2025 Which Technologies Should Be Used to Improve Prehospital Emergency Services? Sophia Görgens, MD Barriers to maintaining EMS in rural areas include personnel shortages, long travel times, and austere settings. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E510-517. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.510.
Case and Commentary Jul 2025 When Is It Justifiable for an Inexperienced but Licensed Clinician to Perform a High-Risk but Low-Frequency Procedure on a Patient in a Prehospital Setting? Elizabeth Reiche, DO, Shaila Coffey, MD, and Emma Zeratsky, NRP, FP-C In prehospital settings, clinicians make difficult decisions that need to be made quickly and be within their scope of practice and skill set. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E497-502. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.497.
Policy Forum Jul 2025 How Should Rural EMS Funding Streams Be Improved? James Small, MJA, CPM EMS responses are critical functions of local governments, yet, in rural areas, many EMS systems are staffed by licensed volunteers. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E518-524. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.518.
Case and Commentary Jul 2025 When Is It Acceptable to Terminate Resuscitation in Prehospital Settings? Christopher Libby, MD, MPH and Scott H. Pasichow, MD, MPH Ethics and science inform EMTs’ and paramedics’ decisions to initiate, continue, or terminate resuscitation. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E484-490. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.484.
Personal Narrative Jul 2025 I Pressed Down David M. Sine, DBioethics Situational awareness means that good care might not only be about the patient. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E537-540. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.537.
Medical Education Jul 2025 How Should We Fund and Reimagine EMS to Support Sustainable Rural Health Infrastructure? Michael Levy, MD EMS care in rural areas of the United States has suffered from being chronically under-resourced and understaffed. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E503-509. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.503.
History of Medicine Jul 2025 What Might the Past Suggest About Rural Emergency Services Amidst Critical Access Hospitals’ Decline? Siân Lewis-Bevan, MD, MPH, EMT-B and Stephen Powell, MD Recent rural hospital closures influence clinical and ethical dimensions of emergency care. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.530.
Case and Commentary Jul 2025 According to Which Criteria Should a Return EMS Trip of Long Duration and Distance Be Deemed Ethically Justifiable? Casey Patrick, MD Assessing and adequately documenting a patient’s decision-making capacity is a responsibility and skill required of all EMS personnel. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(7):E491-496. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.491.
From the Editor Jun 2025 Embodiment in Art Practice Michaela Chan, MFA Artistic expression is necessarily embodied. Each art form entails different sets of movements that an artist learns through repetition and feedback. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(6):E395-396. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.395.
