Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Oct 2019 How Should Decision Aids Be Used During Counseling to Help Patients Who Are “Genetically at Risk”? Natalie Evans, PhD, Suzanne Metselaar, PhD, Carla van El, PhD, Nina Hallowell, DPhil, MA, and Guy Widdershoven, PhD Prognostic uncertainty about risk creates demand for ongoing communication and facilitated reflection about goals and values. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E865-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.865. Case and Commentary Dec 2019 Using the 4-S Framework to Guide Conversations With Patients About CRISPR Lisa S. Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc Empathic communication skills help motivate understanding of safety, significance of harms, impact on succeeding generations, and social consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1029-1035. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1029. Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604. State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for ALS Leo McCluskey, MD, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas2-0601. Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 1 Ludger Schols, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502. Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 2 Georg Marckmann, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502. Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 How Should Decision Aids Be Used During Counseling to Help Patients Who Are “Genetically at Risk”? Natalie Evans, PhD, Suzanne Metselaar, PhD, Carla van El, PhD, Nina Hallowell, DPhil, MA, and Guy Widdershoven, PhD Prognostic uncertainty about risk creates demand for ongoing communication and facilitated reflection about goals and values. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E865-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.865.
Case and Commentary Dec 2019 Using the 4-S Framework to Guide Conversations With Patients About CRISPR Lisa S. Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc Empathic communication skills help motivate understanding of safety, significance of harms, impact on succeeding generations, and social consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1029-1035. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1029.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604.
State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for ALS Leo McCluskey, MD, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas2-0601.
Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 1 Ludger Schols, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502.
Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 2 Georg Marckmann, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502.
Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601.