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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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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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    Medicine and Society
    Jul 2023

    How the Use of BMI Fetishizes White Embodiment and Racializes Fat Phobia

    Sabrina Strings, PhD

    Size-based health and beauty ideals emanated from eugenic pseudoscientific postulates, and BMI continues to advance white supremacist embodiment norms. 

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E535-539. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.535.
  • cscm3-2307
    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.
  • stas1-2307
    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.
  • lttr2-2306
    Letter to the Editor
    Jun 2023

    Healthy Conversation About Meat?

    Jessica Pierce, PhD, Marc Bekoff, PhD, Hope Ferdowsian, MD, MPH, Barbara J. King, PhD, and L. Syd M. Johnson, PhD

    Our letter objects to the inclusion, in the April issue, of "Answers to Patient, Student, and Clinician Questions About How Animals Are Slaughtered and Used for Food," by Temple Grandin.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E461-463. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.461.
  • fred1-2306
    From the Editor
    Jun 2023

    Ethically Navigating the Evolution of Gender Affirmation Surgery

    Kelsey Mumford

    The political landscape surrounding trans adolescents’ care access remains hostile, and this issue considers clinicians’ roles as protectors of patient-centered, inclusive care.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E383-385. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.383.
  • stas1-2306
    State of the Art and Science
    Jun 2023

    Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Gender-Affirming Surgery

    Manraj Kaur, PhD, MSc, Shane Morrison, MD, MS, Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS, and Anne Klassen, DPhil

    PROM data can contribute to evidence-based, shared decision making and just access to gender-affirming surgical care.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E421-430. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.421.
  • msoc2-2306
    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.
  • nlit1-2306
    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.
  • vwpt1-2306
    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.
  • lttr1-2306
    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.

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