Produce prescription programs can expand patient's food choices and provide financial incentives to change consumption behaviors. If these programs are not linked to established government assistance programs, however, growers could be at risks for bearing the cost.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(10):E960-973. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.960
Violence reduction efforts should be modeled on noncontagious diseases, which have as their root cause environmental determinants, not contagious diseases.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):513-515. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.corr1-1805.
Gary Slutkin, MD, Charles Ransford, MPP, and Daria Zvetina
Violence reduction efforts should focus on interrupting transmission of violence and changing behaviors rather than mitigating environmental risk factors.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):516-519. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.corr2-1805.
Lauren C. Nigro, MD, Michael J. Feldman, MD, Robin L. Foster, MD, and Andrea L. Pozez, MD
Suspected child abuse cases can be identified and repeat hospitalizations of such cases prevented using multidisciplinary teams to evaluate pediatric burns.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):552-559. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.org1-1806.