Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919. Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965. Letter to the Editor Oct 2019 Response to “Will We Code for Default ECMO?”: Clarifying the Scope of Do-Not-ECMO Orders Jacob A. Blythe, MA, Sarah E. Wieten, PhD, and Jason N. Batten, MD, MA The authors further consider the merits of preventing ECMO from becoming a default treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E926-929. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.926. Health Law Jun 2008 Physicians' Legal Responsibility to Report Impaired Drivers Lee Black, JD, LLM Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):393-396. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.hlaw1-0806. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients? Timothy M. Dempsey, MD, MPH and Erin Sullivan DeMartino, MD A deliberative approach to responding to needs and vulnerabilities of unrepresented patients can help make the most of having too little information. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E559-565. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.559. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735. Case and Commentary Sep 2022 What Do We Owe Health Workers Earning Low Wages Who Are at Risk of Harm? Constance E. George, MD, MA Psychiatric aides and technicians are part of direct care workforces in inpatient units who are subject to high rates of violence but earn far less than higher-status clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E830-838. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.830. Case and Commentary Sep 2022 How Should Clinicians of Status Express Solidarity With Workers Earning Low Wages in Health Care? Richard Parker, DPhil Reasons to actively promote the interests of health workers earning low wages are numerous and urgent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E839-845. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.839. Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” Ramya Sampath joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919.
Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2019 Response to “Will We Code for Default ECMO?”: Clarifying the Scope of Do-Not-ECMO Orders Jacob A. Blythe, MA, Sarah E. Wieten, PhD, and Jason N. Batten, MD, MA The authors further consider the merits of preventing ECMO from becoming a default treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E926-929. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.926.
Health Law Jun 2008 Physicians' Legal Responsibility to Report Impaired Drivers Lee Black, JD, LLM Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):393-396. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.hlaw1-0806.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients? Timothy M. Dempsey, MD, MPH and Erin Sullivan DeMartino, MD A deliberative approach to responding to needs and vulnerabilities of unrepresented patients can help make the most of having too little information. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E559-565. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.559.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735.
Case and Commentary Sep 2022 What Do We Owe Health Workers Earning Low Wages Who Are at Risk of Harm? Constance E. George, MD, MA Psychiatric aides and technicians are part of direct care workforces in inpatient units who are subject to high rates of violence but earn far less than higher-status clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E830-838. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.830.
Case and Commentary Sep 2022 How Should Clinicians of Status Express Solidarity With Workers Earning Low Wages in Health Care? Richard Parker, DPhil Reasons to actively promote the interests of health workers earning low wages are numerous and urgent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E839-845. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.839.
Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” Ramya Sampath joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?”