Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345. Medicine and Society Apr 2022 Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296. Medicine and Society Feb 2023 Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which require clinicians to understand historical and cultural context when working with vulnerable children. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E141-147. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.141. Podcast Jan 2023 Ethics Talk: Is VIP Care Really Better? Dr Lisa Lehmann joins Ethics Talk to discuss “grateful patient programs,” pressures clinicians face to fundraise on behalf of health care organizations for which they work, and whether “VIP” care really is better for patients. 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. Medicine and Society May 2023 How Rohingya Language Educational Videos Help Improve Refugee Interprofessional Health Service Delivery in Milwaukee James Lokken, PharmD, MS, MEd, Thong Lee, PharmD, Emily Mauer, PharmD, Christopher Wagner, MD, James Sanders, MD, MPH, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS Rohingya refugees experience poor health service integration exacerbated by absence of a formal written language. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E365-374. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.365. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256. Medical Education Nov 2023 What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities? Jane Lee, PhD, MSW, Gabriel Robles, PhD, LCSW, and Latoya Small, PhD, MSW Loneliness is an endemic experience of immigrants to the United States that could be mitigated by cultural brokerage practices in clinical settings. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E809-817. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.809.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345.
Medicine and Society Apr 2022 Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.
Medicine and Society Feb 2023 Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which require clinicians to understand historical and cultural context when working with vulnerable children. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E141-147. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.141.
Podcast Jan 2023 Ethics Talk: Is VIP Care Really Better? Dr Lisa Lehmann joins Ethics Talk to discuss “grateful patient programs,” pressures clinicians face to fundraise on behalf of health care organizations for which they work, and whether “VIP” care really is better for patients.
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.
Medicine and Society May 2023 How Rohingya Language Educational Videos Help Improve Refugee Interprofessional Health Service Delivery in Milwaukee James Lokken, PharmD, MS, MEd, Thong Lee, PharmD, Emily Mauer, PharmD, Christopher Wagner, MD, James Sanders, MD, MPH, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS Rohingya refugees experience poor health service integration exacerbated by absence of a formal written language. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E365-374. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.365.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256.
Medical Education Nov 2023 What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities? Jane Lee, PhD, MSW, Gabriel Robles, PhD, LCSW, and Latoya Small, PhD, MSW Loneliness is an endemic experience of immigrants to the United States that could be mitigated by cultural brokerage practices in clinical settings. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E809-817. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.809.