Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Sep 2020 Ethical Choice Architecture in Preabortion Counseling Carol A. Westbrook, MD, PhD Most women requesting pregnancy termination have already decided to undergo an abortion, but some jurisdictions have implemented strategies to induce doubt and regret. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E792-795. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.792. Policy Forum May 2022 What Should Dietary Supplement Oversight Look Like in the US? Elizabeth Richardson, MSc, Farzana Akkas, MSc, and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Statutory limitations prevent the FDA from effectively regulating dietary supplements and have generated numerous calls for reform. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E402-409. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.402. Policy Forum May 2022 Which Features of Dietary Supplement Industry, Product Trends, and Regulation Deserve Physicians’ Attention? Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD and AMA Council on Science and Public Health Illegal, fraudulent, adulterated, or improperly labeled products should be regarded as sources of possible clinical and ethical harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E410-418. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.410. Policy Forum Nov 2022 If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important? Christopher Whaley, PhD and Austin Frakt, PhD Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1056-1062. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1056. Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063. Viewpoint Nov 2022 What Should “Shopping” Look Like in Actual Practice? Nisha M. Patel, MD, MPH, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, and Brian J. Miller, MD, MBA, MPH This article applies principlism to what a “shoppable service” model would demand of clinicians in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1099-1106. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1099. Viewpoint Sep 2022 Why the Post-Roe Era Requires Protecting Conscientious Provision as We Protect Conscientious Refusal in Health Care Isa Ryan, MD, MSc, Ashish Premkumar, MD, and Katie Watson, JD Extraordinary changes to the legal landscape of abortion care require reevaluating health professionals’ appropriation of conscience. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E906-912. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.906. Viewpoint Sep 2009 Informed Consent and Prenatal Testing: The Kennedy-Brownback Act Adrienne Asch, PhD and David Wasserman, JD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):721-724. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped1-0909. Policy Forum Sep 2004 Choice in Planning and Experiencing Childbirth Lynn P. Freedman, JD, MPH, Rana E. Barar, and Ann M. Drobnik, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):409-413. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.pfor1-0409. Policy Forum Mar 2018 Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical Amy G. Bryant, MD, MSCR and Jonas J. Swartz, MD, MPH Crisis pregnancy centers violate ethical principles by providing misleading information and causing delays and inequities in access to abortion. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):269-277. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.pfor1-1803. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Sep 2020 Ethical Choice Architecture in Preabortion Counseling Carol A. Westbrook, MD, PhD Most women requesting pregnancy termination have already decided to undergo an abortion, but some jurisdictions have implemented strategies to induce doubt and regret. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E792-795. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.792.
Policy Forum May 2022 What Should Dietary Supplement Oversight Look Like in the US? Elizabeth Richardson, MSc, Farzana Akkas, MSc, and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Statutory limitations prevent the FDA from effectively regulating dietary supplements and have generated numerous calls for reform. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E402-409. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.402.
Policy Forum May 2022 Which Features of Dietary Supplement Industry, Product Trends, and Regulation Deserve Physicians’ Attention? Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD and AMA Council on Science and Public Health Illegal, fraudulent, adulterated, or improperly labeled products should be regarded as sources of possible clinical and ethical harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E410-418. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.410.
Policy Forum Nov 2022 If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important? Christopher Whaley, PhD and Austin Frakt, PhD Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1056-1062. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1056.
Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063.
Viewpoint Nov 2022 What Should “Shopping” Look Like in Actual Practice? Nisha M. Patel, MD, MPH, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, and Brian J. Miller, MD, MBA, MPH This article applies principlism to what a “shoppable service” model would demand of clinicians in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1099-1106. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1099.
Viewpoint Sep 2022 Why the Post-Roe Era Requires Protecting Conscientious Provision as We Protect Conscientious Refusal in Health Care Isa Ryan, MD, MSc, Ashish Premkumar, MD, and Katie Watson, JD Extraordinary changes to the legal landscape of abortion care require reevaluating health professionals’ appropriation of conscience. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E906-912. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.906.
Viewpoint Sep 2009 Informed Consent and Prenatal Testing: The Kennedy-Brownback Act Adrienne Asch, PhD and David Wasserman, JD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):721-724. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped1-0909.
Policy Forum Sep 2004 Choice in Planning and Experiencing Childbirth Lynn P. Freedman, JD, MPH, Rana E. Barar, and Ann M. Drobnik, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):409-413. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.pfor1-0409.
Policy Forum Mar 2018 Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical Amy G. Bryant, MD, MSCR and Jonas J. Swartz, MD, MPH Crisis pregnancy centers violate ethical principles by providing misleading information and causing delays and inequities in access to abortion. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):269-277. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.pfor1-1803.