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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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  • cscm2-2404
    Case and Commentary
    Apr 2024

    How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?

    Kavitha Nallathambi, MPH, MBA and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD
    Quality control testing is ethically and clinically key to increasing transparency in excipient supply chains.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E289-294. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.289.
  • cscm1-2404
    Case and Commentary
    Apr 2024

    Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?

    Courtney Perlino, MPP, Hilary Daniel, and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD
    The WHO has a list of essential medicines. What about medicines that might not get to patients who need them on time?
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E282-288. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.282.
  • cscm3-2403
    Case and Commentary
    Mar 2024

    When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks?

    Allie Slemon, PhD, RN and Shivinder Dhari, MSN, RN
    Iatrogenic harms of so-called “zero-risk” approaches must be balanced against promoting patients’ goals of care.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E212-218. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.212.
  • cscm1-2403
    Case and Commentary
    Mar 2024

    How Should Suicide Prevention and Healing Be Expressed as Goals of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design?

    Jennifer T. McIntosh, PhD, RN, CNE, PMH-BC, NEA-BC and Mona Shattell, PhD, RN
    This commentary examines prevention policies that overly rely on liberty restrictions imposed by designs of inpatient psychiatric units’ structures and spaces.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E199-204. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.199.
  • cscm4-2403
    Case and Commentary
    Mar 2024

    Should Patients’ Boredom in Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm?

    Carrie Tamarelli, MD, Angela Cao, and Rebecca Grossman-Kahn, MD, MBA
    Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E219-224. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.219.
  • cscm2-2403
    Case and Commentary
    Mar 2024

    Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces?

    Róisín Plunkett, MD and Brendan D. Kelly, MD, PhD
    Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E205-211. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.205.
  • cscm1-2402
    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2024

    Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?

    Erica Kaufman West, MD
    Zoonoses are infectious diseases that pass from an animal to a human and now constitute the majority of new and emerging infections.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E103-108. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.103.
  • cscm2-2402
    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2024

    Bat-Borne Pathogens and Public Health in Rural African Artisanal Gold Mines

    Jonathan S. Towner, PhD, Luke Nyakarahuka, PhD, MPH, BVM, and Patrick Atimnedi, BVM
    Marburg virus is carried by the Egyptian rousette bat, a common cave-dwelling fruit bat endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, where populations can exceed 50 000.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E109-115. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.109.
  • cscm3-2402
    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2024

    How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?

    Jake Young, PhD, MPH, MFA
    Consumption and trade of wild animals present major zoonotic disease transmission risks.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E116-121. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.116.
  • cscm2-2401
    Case and Commentary
    Jan 2024

    Why Competency Frameworks Are Insufficiently Nuanced for Health Equity Teaching and Assessment

    Zareen Zaidi, MD, PhD, Daniele Ölveczky, MD, MS, Nicole A. Perez, PhD, Paolo C. Martin, PhD, Andres Fernandez, MD, MSEd, Philicia Duncan, MD, and Hannah L. Anderson, MBA
    This article canvasses ways to help trainees cultivate discernment and action in response to inequity.
    AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(1):E12-20. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.12.

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