Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862. Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Medicine and Society May 2017 Should Clinicians Intervene If They Suspect That a Caregiver Whose Child Has Cancer Is at Risk of Psychological Harm? Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS Physicians have an ethical responsibility to caregivers whose psychological distress is caused by their experience of the patient’s illness and treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(5):493-500. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc3-1705.
Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862.
Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Medicine and Society May 2017 Should Clinicians Intervene If They Suspect That a Caregiver Whose Child Has Cancer Is at Risk of Psychological Harm? Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS Physicians have an ethical responsibility to caregivers whose psychological distress is caused by their experience of the patient’s illness and treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(5):493-500. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc3-1705.