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Case and Commentary
Apr 2025

¿Cómo deberían proteger los miembros del equipo de cirugía a los pacientes que están privados de libertad de la vigilancia o intrusión de los oficiales del centro penitenciario?

Anna Lin, MD and Mallory Williams, MD, MPH
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  • starfish
    Case and Commentary
    Jan 2017

    Saving the Starfish: Physicians’ Roles in Responding to Human Rights Abuses in Global Health Practice

    Monir Moniruzzaman, PhD
    As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must advocate for their vulnerable patients and medical schools should offer training in advocacy and activism.
    AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):8-15. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas1-1701.
  • school based services
    Policy Forum
    Dec 2016

    Promoting Access to School-Based Services for Children’s Mental Health

    MaryKatherine Brueck
    Disparities in children’s mental health care could be addressed through expansion of school-based programs via passage of the Mental Health in Schools Act.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1218-1224. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.pfor1-1612.
  • advancing neuroscience research
    In the Literature
    Dec 2016

    Advancing Ethical Neuroscience Research

    B. Rashmi Borah, Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBioethics, and Kata L. Chillag, PhD
    The Bioethics Commission’s recommendations to include research participants with impaired consent capacity provide an ethical foundation for neuroscience.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1192-1198. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.nlit1-1612.
  • neuropsychology
    From the Editor
    Dec 2016

    Managing and Researching Neuropsychiatric Diseases in the Twenty-First Century

    Jacquelyn Nestor
    Introduction to the December 2016 issue on ethics in neuropsychology.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1167-1170. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.fred1-1612.
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    Health Law
    Dec 2016

    The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier

    Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
    What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early?
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612.
  • science fiction
    Medicine and Society
    Dec 2016

    Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality

    Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD
    Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612.
  • consciousness
    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2016

    Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research

    Joseph J. Fins, MD
    Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider?
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1182-1191. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas2-1612.
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    Art of Medicine
    Dec 2016

    Autism, Art, and Accessibility to Theater

    Blythe A. Corbett, PhD
    People with autism have a right to access “autism-friendly” theatrical performances. Theater-based treatment programs can help remove stigma and cultivate participants’ reciprocal social communication skills.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1232-1240. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.imhl1-1612.
  • caregiver
    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2016

    Who Should Assess the Needs of and Care for a Dementia Patient’s Caregiver?

    Laura N. Gitlin, PhD and Nancy A. Hodgson, PhD, RN
    As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must address the health care needs of and be advocates for family caregivers of their patients with dementia.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1171-1181. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas1-1612.
  • changing memories
    Viewpoint
    Dec 2016

    Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation

    Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck
    Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.

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