Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 Jun 2022 Traumatic Imagination in Traditional Stories of Gender-Based Violence Ayesha Ahmad, PhD, Lida Ahmad, MA, Shazana Andrabi, MA, Lobna Ben Salem, PhD, Peter Hughes, MBBS, Jenevieve Mannell, PhD, Sharli Anne Paphitis, PhD, and Gamze Senyurek, MA Storytelling can confer some protection from stigma to individual women in Turkish and Afghan societies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E530-534. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.530. 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. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298. 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. Medicine and Society Jul 2023 Overreliance on BMI and Delayed Care for Patients With Higher BMI and Disordered Eating Natasha Ramaswamy and Nathan Ramaswamy Diagnostic utility of weight and body mass index is widely overestimated, and their use as health and wellness measures can be sources of iatrogenic harm. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E540-544. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.540. 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 May 2023 Undoing Institutional and Racial Trauma Through Interprofessional, Trauma-Informed Education Carmen Black, MD, Andrea Shamaskin-Garroway, PhD, E. Mimi Arquilla, DO, Elizabeth Roessler, MMSC, PA-C, and Kirsten M. Wilkins, MD A novel curriculum focused on racial trauma was implemented at Yale for medical, physician associate, and advanced practice nursing students. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.324. 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.
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 Jun 2022 Traumatic Imagination in Traditional Stories of Gender-Based Violence Ayesha Ahmad, PhD, Lida Ahmad, MA, Shazana Andrabi, MA, Lobna Ben Salem, PhD, Peter Hughes, MBBS, Jenevieve Mannell, PhD, Sharli Anne Paphitis, PhD, and Gamze Senyurek, MA Storytelling can confer some protection from stigma to individual women in Turkish and Afghan societies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E530-534. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.530.
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.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298.
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.
Medicine and Society Jul 2023 Overreliance on BMI and Delayed Care for Patients With Higher BMI and Disordered Eating Natasha Ramaswamy and Nathan Ramaswamy Diagnostic utility of weight and body mass index is widely overestimated, and their use as health and wellness measures can be sources of iatrogenic harm. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E540-544. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.540.
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 May 2023 Undoing Institutional and Racial Trauma Through Interprofessional, Trauma-Informed Education Carmen Black, MD, Andrea Shamaskin-Garroway, PhD, E. Mimi Arquilla, DO, Elizabeth Roessler, MMSC, PA-C, and Kirsten M. Wilkins, MD A novel curriculum focused on racial trauma was implemented at Yale for medical, physician associate, and advanced practice nursing students. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.324.
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.