Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Feb 2023 How Should Race and Resource Context Influence How Neglect Is Considered by Clinicians? David Kelly, JD, MA and Jerry Milner, DSW Separation of children from their parents is one possible traumatizing consequence of a mandated report, which is not to be taken lightly. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E100-108. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.100. Case and Commentary Mar 2023 What Should Be Roles of Federal Clinician Governors in Motivating Equity in Locally Coordinated Triage Protocols? Isabelle M. Mikell, Courtney L. Savage Hoggard, MBE, and Harald Schmidt, PhD, MA This commentary considers how clinician-governors should respond to how Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores are applied. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E179-185. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.179. Case and Commentary Dec 2022 How Should Clinicians Own Their Roles as Past and Present Exacerbators of Health Inequity and as Present and Future Contributors to Health Equity? Lisa M. Lee, PhD, MA, MS and Anita L. Allen, JD, PhD To improve health outcomes, clinicians must move quickly yet operate slowly enough to center empathy in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1121-1128. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1121. Case and Commentary Jan 2023 Is It Reasonable to Expect Students and Trainees to Internalize Equity as a Core Professional Value When Teaching and Learning Occurs in Segregated Settings? Adriana Pero and Emily L. Xu Training in a segregated health care system means that health professions students and trainees learn bias and experience helplessness and burnout. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E15-20. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.15. Case and Commentary Jan 2023 How Should Academic Health Centers Desegregate Health Professions Education? James Blum, MD, MPP, Kamini Doobay, MD, MS, and Alec Feuerbach, MD One expression of structural injustice in the United States is delivery of health care according to patients’ race and insurance status. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E21-30. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.21. Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Medical School Admissions Drive Health Care Workforce Diversity? Rosa Lee, MD From clinical, ethical, and public health standpoints, diversification is foundational to just responses to the health needs of a pluralistic nation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E912-918. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.912. Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Lived Experience of Racism Count in Medical School Admissions? Tanisha King, PhD and Joselyn Hines There are fewer Black men in US medical schools today than in 1970, although their contributions are key to building medicine’s capacity to equitably promote healing. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E919-925. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.919. Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Medical Schools Foster Equity and Inclusion in Admissions? Adela Valdez, MD, MBA, Lala Forrest, Alessandra Jimenez, MPH, and Kim-Thu Pham, MD, MPH Redefining merit can promote meaningful inclusion and express institutional leadership in addressing social justice. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E926-930. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.926. 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. AMA Code Says Dec 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions About End-of-Life Care and Death Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB This article considers relevant history that informs the AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions about neurological criteria for death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1025-1026. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1025. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Feb 2023 How Should Race and Resource Context Influence How Neglect Is Considered by Clinicians? David Kelly, JD, MA and Jerry Milner, DSW Separation of children from their parents is one possible traumatizing consequence of a mandated report, which is not to be taken lightly. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E100-108. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.100.
Case and Commentary Mar 2023 What Should Be Roles of Federal Clinician Governors in Motivating Equity in Locally Coordinated Triage Protocols? Isabelle M. Mikell, Courtney L. Savage Hoggard, MBE, and Harald Schmidt, PhD, MA This commentary considers how clinician-governors should respond to how Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores are applied. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E179-185. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.179.
Case and Commentary Dec 2022 How Should Clinicians Own Their Roles as Past and Present Exacerbators of Health Inequity and as Present and Future Contributors to Health Equity? Lisa M. Lee, PhD, MA, MS and Anita L. Allen, JD, PhD To improve health outcomes, clinicians must move quickly yet operate slowly enough to center empathy in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1121-1128. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1121.
Case and Commentary Jan 2023 Is It Reasonable to Expect Students and Trainees to Internalize Equity as a Core Professional Value When Teaching and Learning Occurs in Segregated Settings? Adriana Pero and Emily L. Xu Training in a segregated health care system means that health professions students and trainees learn bias and experience helplessness and burnout. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E15-20. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.15.
Case and Commentary Jan 2023 How Should Academic Health Centers Desegregate Health Professions Education? James Blum, MD, MPP, Kamini Doobay, MD, MS, and Alec Feuerbach, MD One expression of structural injustice in the United States is delivery of health care according to patients’ race and insurance status. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E21-30. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.21.
Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Medical School Admissions Drive Health Care Workforce Diversity? Rosa Lee, MD From clinical, ethical, and public health standpoints, diversification is foundational to just responses to the health needs of a pluralistic nation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E912-918. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.912.
Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Lived Experience of Racism Count in Medical School Admissions? Tanisha King, PhD and Joselyn Hines There are fewer Black men in US medical schools today than in 1970, although their contributions are key to building medicine’s capacity to equitably promote healing. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E919-925. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.919.
Case and Commentary Dec 2021 How Should Medical Schools Foster Equity and Inclusion in Admissions? Adela Valdez, MD, MBA, Lala Forrest, Alessandra Jimenez, MPH, and Kim-Thu Pham, MD, MPH Redefining merit can promote meaningful inclusion and express institutional leadership in addressing social justice. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E926-930. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.926.
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.
AMA Code Says Dec 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions About End-of-Life Care and Death Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB This article considers relevant history that informs the AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions about neurological criteria for death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1025-1026. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1025.