Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924. Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D? Ethan A. Mezoff, MD, Hannah Hays, MD, and Ala Shaikhkhalil, MD Children with micronutrient deficiency might need supplementation, sometimes in irregularly high doses. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E353-360. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.353. Case and Commentary May 2022 How Does Cognitive Bias Affect Conversations With Patients About Dietary Supplements? Ila M. Harris, PharmD, Christine C. Danner, PhD, and David J. Satin, MD Some allopathic clinicians’ biases influence the information they draw upon to make decisions and offer recommendations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E368-375. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.368. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924.
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D? Ethan A. Mezoff, MD, Hannah Hays, MD, and Ala Shaikhkhalil, MD Children with micronutrient deficiency might need supplementation, sometimes in irregularly high doses. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E353-360. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.353.
Case and Commentary May 2022 How Does Cognitive Bias Affect Conversations With Patients About Dietary Supplements? Ila M. Harris, PharmD, Christine C. Danner, PhD, and David J. Satin, MD Some allopathic clinicians’ biases influence the information they draw upon to make decisions and offer recommendations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E368-375. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.368.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311.