Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Feb 2022 What Law Enforcement Can Learn From Health Care About Moral Injury Wendy Dean, MD Identifying when and how personal, professional, or social value systems are affected by moral injury can inform efforts to mitigate it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E160-163. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.160. Original Research May 2021 Are Financial Incentives Appropriate Means of Encouraging Medication Adherence Among People Living With HIV? Toorjo Ghose, PhD, Virginia Shubert, JD, Sambuddha Chaudhuri, MBBS, PhD, Vaty Poitevien, MD, and Alison Updyke, PhD Financial incentives have been shown to improve antiretroviral adherence for people living with HIV, but some say offering them commodifies HIV care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E394-401. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.394. Original Research Jul 2022 How a Medical Orchestra Cultivates Creativity, Joy, Empathy, and Connection Roma Subramanian, PhD and Matthew J. Brooks, DMA This study has implications for designing arts-based wellness activities for clinicians and scaling them nationwide. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E584-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.584. Viewpoint Sep 2022 How to Better Value EMS Clinicians as Key Care Team Members Andrew J. Torres, NRP and Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS Interdisciplinary care requires mutual understanding, trust, and respect. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E898-905. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.898. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701. Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912. Viewpoint Oct 2003 The Ethics of Electroconvulsive Therapy Loren Mosher, MD and David Cohen, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):463-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.oped1-0310 Viewpoint Oct 2003 Ethical Considerations with Electroconvulsive Therapy Richard D. Weiner, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):467-469. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.oped2-0310. Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.
Viewpoint Feb 2022 What Law Enforcement Can Learn From Health Care About Moral Injury Wendy Dean, MD Identifying when and how personal, professional, or social value systems are affected by moral injury can inform efforts to mitigate it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E160-163. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.160.
Original Research May 2021 Are Financial Incentives Appropriate Means of Encouraging Medication Adherence Among People Living With HIV? Toorjo Ghose, PhD, Virginia Shubert, JD, Sambuddha Chaudhuri, MBBS, PhD, Vaty Poitevien, MD, and Alison Updyke, PhD Financial incentives have been shown to improve antiretroviral adherence for people living with HIV, but some say offering them commodifies HIV care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E394-401. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.394.
Original Research Jul 2022 How a Medical Orchestra Cultivates Creativity, Joy, Empathy, and Connection Roma Subramanian, PhD and Matthew J. Brooks, DMA This study has implications for designing arts-based wellness activities for clinicians and scaling them nationwide. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E584-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.584.
Viewpoint Sep 2022 How to Better Value EMS Clinicians as Key Care Team Members Andrew J. Torres, NRP and Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS Interdisciplinary care requires mutual understanding, trust, and respect. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E898-905. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.898.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701.
Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912.
Viewpoint Oct 2003 The Ethics of Electroconvulsive Therapy Loren Mosher, MD and David Cohen, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):463-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.oped1-0310
Viewpoint Oct 2003 Ethical Considerations with Electroconvulsive Therapy Richard D. Weiner, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):467-469. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.oped2-0310.
Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.