Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Viewpoint Oct 2014 Natural Childbirth: A Global Perspective Lauri J. Romanzi, MD Industrialized nations could benefit from strategies emerging in developing nations such as respectful collaboration between traditional out-of-hospital birthing practices and maternity units in partnering hospitals. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(10):835-841. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.10.oped1-1410. Viewpoint Mar 2018 Should Race Be Used as a Variable in Research on Preterm Birth? Kacey Y. Eichelberger, MD, Julianna G. Alson, MPH, and Kemi M. Doll, MD, MS Racial differences in preterm birth outcomes should be studied in an ecosocial context rather than a genetic context to combat racial stereotypes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):296-302. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.sect1-1803.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Viewpoint Oct 2014 Natural Childbirth: A Global Perspective Lauri J. Romanzi, MD Industrialized nations could benefit from strategies emerging in developing nations such as respectful collaboration between traditional out-of-hospital birthing practices and maternity units in partnering hospitals. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(10):835-841. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.10.oped1-1410.
Viewpoint Mar 2018 Should Race Be Used as a Variable in Research on Preterm Birth? Kacey Y. Eichelberger, MD, Julianna G. Alson, MPH, and Kemi M. Doll, MD, MS Racial differences in preterm birth outcomes should be studied in an ecosocial context rather than a genetic context to combat racial stereotypes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):296-302. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.sect1-1803.