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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
Case and Commentary
Feb 2025

¿Cómo se debe describir y tratar el dolor causado por la colocación del DIU?

Veronica Hutchison, MD and Eve Espey, MD, MPH

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  • justice
    From the Editor
    Oct 2015

    Health and Social Justice: The Role of Today’s Physician

    Nikhil A. Patel, MS
    Introduction to the October 2015 AMA Journal of Ethics issue on physicians, human rights, and civil liberties.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):894-896. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.fred1-1510.
  • aparthied
    Personal Narrative
    Oct 2015

    Uncompromised Professional Responsibility in Apartheid South Africa

    Wendy Orr, MBChB
    Wendy Orr recalls witnessing and speaking out against the abuses of detainees by the South African government during apartheid.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):973-977. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.mnar1-1510.
  • torture
    In the Literature
    Oct 2015

    Professionalism and Conflicting Interests: The American Psychological Association’s Involvement in Torture

    Nikh A. Patel, MS and G. David Elkin, MD
    The American Psychological Association’s ethical guidelines condoning psychologists’ participation in torture, which were motivated by professional self-interest, constitute a violation of medical ethics and international law.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):924-930. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.nlit1-1510.
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    AMA Code Says
    Oct 2015

    AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Interrogation of Detainees

    AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
    The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on physician participation in interrogations.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):922-923. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.coet1-1510.
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    Viewpoint
    Oct 2015

    Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program

    J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;888-893. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.spec1-1510.
  • prisoners
    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2015

    Force-Feeding Prisoners Is Wrong

    J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD
    Although force-feeding prisoners might seem to be in the interests of beneficence and justice, international codes of ethics permit prisoners to refuse nourishment if they make a rational, uncoerced choice to do so.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):904-908. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.ecas2-1510.
  • black lives matter
    Viewpoint
    Oct 2015

    #BlackLivesMatter: Physicians Must Stand for Racial Justice

    White Coats for Black Lives
    White Coats for Black Lives advocates that American medicine address racial inequities in health and health care by promoting diversity, eliminating implicit racial bias in the physician workforce, and advocating for equitable social structures.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):978-982. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.sect1-1510.
  • supreme court
    Health Law
    Oct 2015

    King v. Burwell: US Supreme Court Extends Tax Credits for Health Insurance Coverage to All 50 States

    Tobin Klusty and Stephanie Bi
    In King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court determined that the phrase “an Exchange established by the State” in the Affordable Care Act includes exchanges created by the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), thereby rendering users of HHS exchanges eligible to receive subsidies.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):938-944. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.hlaw1-1510.
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    Policy Forum
    Oct 2015

    Forced Sterilizations of HIV-Positive Women: A Global Ethics and Policy Failure

    Stephanie Bi and Tobin Klusty
    Forced sterilization of HIV-positive women, which is widespread in South Africa, Namibia, and Chile, violates women’s human right to autonomy and the principle of informed consent and is medically unnecessary.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):952-957. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.pfor2-1510.
  • transplant
    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2015

    Should an Undocumented Immigrant Receive a Heart Transplant?

    Aaron Wightman, MD, MA and Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH
    In making decisions about allocating scarce organs, undocumented immigrant status should not be used as a proxy for the legitimate criterion of likelihood of success because uncertainty about future ability to pay or insurance coverage applies to almost everyone listed for transplant.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):909-913. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.peer1-1510.

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