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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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    Case and Commentary
    Aug 2024

    How Should MLP Clinicians and Attorneys Help Veterans Secure Disability Benefits When Health Records Documentation Is Insufficient?

    Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD, DPS, MA, MPH, MSB, MSJ, HEC-C
    MLPs in the VHA help minimize ethical tensions that tend to come up when diagnosing and documenting disability.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(8):E616-621. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.616.
  • cscm1-2408
    Case and Commentary
    Aug 2024

    How Is Access to Legal Resources and Advocacy Foundational to Health Justice?

    Yael Zakai Cannon, JD
    Legal advocacy addresses patients’ health-harming legal needs in housing, public benefits, employment, education, immigration, domestic violence, and other areas of law.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(8):E596-604. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.596.
  • cscm2-2407
    Case and Commentary
    Jul 2024

    When Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Gets Disrupted by Extra-Clinical Variables, How Should Clinicians Respond?

    Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD and Kelly Gillespie, JD, PhD, RN
    Clinicians caring for patients with OUD should plan for possible disruptions of treatment caused by arrests and pretrial confinements.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E520-526. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.520.
  • cscm3-2407
    Case and Commentary
    Jul 2024

    When Are “Paraphernalia” Critical Medical Supplies?

    Adriane M. dela Cruz, MD, PhD, Donald Egan, MD, MPH, Sarah E. Baker, MD, MA, and John Z. Sadler, MD
    Evidence of harm reduction interventions’ morbidity and mortality benefits is abundant and of high quality.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E527-533. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.527.
  • cscm1-2407
    Case and Commentary
    Jul 2024

    How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD?

    Kathryn A. Dong, MD, MSc and Katherine M. Duthie, PhD, HEC-C
    Severe withdrawal, risk of patient-initiated discharge, and some inpatients’ uses of substances prompt questions considered in this commentary.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E512-519. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.512.
  • cscm3-2406
    Case and Commentary
    Jun 2024

    When Should Patients at the End of Life Get Antimicrobials?

    Noah Boton, MD and Jeffrey Larnard, MD
    Some clinicians might neglect discussing benefits and harms of antimicrobials with their patients during advance care planning processes.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E456-462. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.456.
  • cscm1-2406
    Case and Commentary
    Jun 2024

    How Should Clinicians Navigate Interprofessional Tension in Their Roles as Antimicrobial Stewards?

    James B. Cutrell, MD and James M. Sanders, PhD, PharmD
    This commentary on a case describes need for clinician collaboration to optimize therapeutic use of antimicrobials in clinical settings.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E441-447. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.441.
  • cscm2-2406
    Case and Commentary
    Jun 2024

    What Does Disability Justice Require of Antimicrobial Stewardship?

    Katie Savin, PhD, MSW, Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C, and Olivia S. Kates, MD, MA
    Many marginalized patients with disabilities reside in nursing homes and are more susceptible to antibiotic under- and overtreatment.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E448-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.448.
  • cscm2-2405
    Case and Commentary
    May 2024

    How Should We Manage Antimicrobial Resistance in Resource-Limited Settings?

    Elizabeth A. Gulleen, MD and Margaret Lubwama, MBChB, MMed
    Patients living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) shoulder the greatest burden of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E373-379. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.373.
  • cscm1-2405
    Case and Commentary
    May 2024

    Should Antimicrobial Resistance Limit Access to an Organ Transplant?

    Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD
    This article discusses fiduciary obligations transplant programs might have to patients with B cenocepacia.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E367-372. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.367.

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