Cases Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 How Should Technology-Dependent Patients’ Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing? Emma Cooke, MD, MA and Holland Kaplan, MD, HEC-C Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E878-884. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.878. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866. Case and Commentary Nov 2023 What Are “Social Prescriptions” and How Should They Be Integrated Into Care Plans? Katrina Hough, Ashwin A. Kotwal, MD, MS, Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH, Soe Han Tha, and Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS Health consequences of social isolation and loneliness include worse morbidity and mortality, and “social prescribing” is one way to intervene. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E795-801. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.795. Case and Commentary Nov 2023 How Should Organizations and Clinicians Help Marginalized Patients Manage Loneliness as a Harm of Climate Change? Lisa Fuller, PhD Individualistic approaches to the collective problem of climate change are ethically inadequate. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E802-808. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.802. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units? Alex Rollo, MD, Jeena Kar, DO, Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Mary Camp, MD This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E725-732. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.725. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 What Should Be the Scope of Long-Term Care Organizations’ Obligations to Offer Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services to Patients? Darlon Jan, MD, Azziza Bankole, MD, and Mamta Sapra, MBBS Despite legal protections for services for patients with LEP, some places have limited capacity to offer them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E733-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.733. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 According to Which Criteria Should Telemental Health Be Deemed Elder Inclusive? Joseph O. Aderemi, MD and Esther Akinyemi, MD Telehealth offers access and quality opportunities for some patients with mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E740-744. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.740. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 How Should Technology-Dependent Patients’ Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing? Emma Cooke, MD, MA and Holland Kaplan, MD, HEC-C Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E878-884. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.878.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866.
Case and Commentary Nov 2023 What Are “Social Prescriptions” and How Should They Be Integrated Into Care Plans? Katrina Hough, Ashwin A. Kotwal, MD, MS, Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH, Soe Han Tha, and Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS Health consequences of social isolation and loneliness include worse morbidity and mortality, and “social prescribing” is one way to intervene. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E795-801. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.795.
Case and Commentary Nov 2023 How Should Organizations and Clinicians Help Marginalized Patients Manage Loneliness as a Harm of Climate Change? Lisa Fuller, PhD Individualistic approaches to the collective problem of climate change are ethically inadequate. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E802-808. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.802.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units? Alex Rollo, MD, Jeena Kar, DO, Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Mary Camp, MD This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E725-732. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.725.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 What Should Be the Scope of Long-Term Care Organizations’ Obligations to Offer Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services to Patients? Darlon Jan, MD, Azziza Bankole, MD, and Mamta Sapra, MBBS Despite legal protections for services for patients with LEP, some places have limited capacity to offer them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E733-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.733.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 According to Which Criteria Should Telemental Health Be Deemed Elder Inclusive? Joseph O. Aderemi, MD and Esther Akinyemi, MD Telehealth offers access and quality opportunities for some patients with mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E740-744. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.740.
