Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Invisibility of “Gender Dysphoria” Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBE and Nora L. Jones, PhD Fostering transgender patients’ sense of agency should be a clinical and ethical priority. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E557-562. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.557. Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823. Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Are “Unrepresented” Patients and What Count as “Important” Medical Decisions for Them? David Ozar, PhD A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E611-616. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.611. Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617. Medicine and Society Jun 2023 Should Uterus Transplantation for Transwomen and Transmen Be Subsidized? Timothy F. Murphy, PhD and Kelsey Mumford Success in uterus transplantation among ciswomen suggests that transwomen and some transmen will also likely have interest in this intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E431-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.431. Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777. Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Invisibility of “Gender Dysphoria” Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBE and Nora L. Jones, PhD Fostering transgender patients’ sense of agency should be a clinical and ethical priority. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E557-562. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.557.
Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823.
Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Are “Unrepresented” Patients and What Count as “Important” Medical Decisions for Them? David Ozar, PhD A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E611-616. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.611.
Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617.
Medicine and Society Jun 2023 Should Uterus Transplantation for Transwomen and Transmen Be Subsidized? Timothy F. Murphy, PhD and Kelsey Mumford Success in uterus transplantation among ciswomen suggests that transwomen and some transmen will also likely have interest in this intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E431-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.431.
Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777.
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.