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Case and Commentary
Feb 2021

Fomento de la equidad en salud a través de un enfoque que evite los juicios de valor y contextualice la atención

Saul J. Weiner, MD

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  • cscm2-2412
    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2024

    How Should We Respond to Spatial Injustice in Health Care Organizations?

    Ian M. Johnson, PhD, LCSW
    Hostile design discourages and limits use of a space and can make users feel unwelcome or unsafe.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(12):E909-915. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.909.
  • cscm3-2411
    Case and Commentary
    Nov 2024

    How Should Clinicians Share Decision Making With Patients Interested in Using Psychedelics to Feel Psychologically Safe?

    Jennifer C. Jones, PhD, LCSW and Aisha Mohammed, MFT, LMFT
    This commentary on a case considers how clinicians can help nonbinary patients minimize potential harms of psychedelics.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(11):E842-849. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.842.
  • cscm1-2411
    Case and Commentary
    Nov 2024

    Why Is Hospice One of the Few Health Care Environments Structured for Peace?

    Grayson Holt, MSW, MA and Johanna Glaser, MD
    In hospice settings, structures and spaces of caregiving must promote peace. How could peace design be applied to more health care settings?
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(11):E828-834. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.828.
  • cscm2-2411
    Case and Commentary
    Nov 2024

    What Might It Mean to Have a Right to Bear a Pregnancy Peacefully?

    Julia Feinstein, MD, MA
    This commentary on a case considers how physicians should respond when their pregnant patients’ health is physically and socially compromised.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(11):E835-841. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.835.
  • cscm2-2410
    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2024

    How Should Clinicians Partner With Families to Promote Children’s Sleep Health?

    Ariel A. Williamson, PhD, DBSM
    Fully assessing children’s sleep environments and effectively promoting children’s overall sleep health is nearly impossible during brief clinical encounters.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(10):E755-762. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.755.
  • cscm3-2410
    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2024

    When Should Pharmacological Interventions for Insomnia Be Recommended?

    Brandon Peters, MD and Maxwell Sarver, MD
    Behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome can exacerbate morning side effects of prescription sleep aids, and there are potentially serious long-term risks.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(10):E763-770. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.763.
  • cscm1-2410
    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2024

    Who Should Talk to Patients and How About Whether They Have Access to Sufficient, Quality Sleep?

    Maeve Pascoe, MD, MS and Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, MS
    Poor sleep affects nearly every organ system and influences many morbidity and mortality causes, so screening for sleep sufficiency and quality should be prioritized.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(10):E749-754. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.749.
  • cscm1-2409
    Case and Commentary
    Sep 2024

    How Should Clinician-Researchers Model Regard for Nonhuman Animals Bred for and Used in Human-Centered Science?

    Rebecca L. Walker, PhD
    Ethically justifying human-centered research with only nonhuman animals as subjects likely requires that the research’s benefits to humans must, at least, outweigh harms suffered by the nonhuman animals.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(9):E673-678. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.673.
  • cscm2-2409
    Case and Commentary
    Sep 2024

    According to Which Criteria Should We Determine Whether and When IACUCs Are Sufficient for Protecting the Welfare of Nonhuman Animals Used in Research?

    Peter John, MD, PhD
    Nonhuman animals used in biomedical research frequently suffer and are harmed as part of their use as experimental models.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(9):E679-683. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.679.
  • cscm2-2408
    Case and Commentary
    Aug 2024

    What Should Clinicians in Organizations Without Established MLP Programs Do When Their Patients Need Lawyers to Meet Their Health Needs?

    Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH, Karina Albistegui Adler, JD, Allison Charney, JD, and Lilia Cervantes, MD, MSc
    Undocumented people in the US face legal and structural barriers to health care services, including for kidney failure.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(8):E605-615. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.605.

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