Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139. Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612. Health Law Aug 2004 Words Count as Much as Deeds Leah Eisenberg and Melissa Junge, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):353-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.hlaw1-0408. Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019. 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. From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803. Health Law Jun 2014 The Racially Unequal Impact of the US Organ Procurement System Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil Efforts to meet the demand for organs have long had disproportionate effects on members of particular races, not only because of disparate levels of need for transplants but because of the way our donation system works. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):461-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.hlaw1-1406. AMA Code Says Jun 2014 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Disparities in Health Care AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinion 9.129 on racial and ethnic health care disparities. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):440-441. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.coet1-1406. AMA Code Says Oct 2015 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Interrogation of Detainees AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on physician participation in interrogations. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):922-923. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.coet1-1510. AMA Code Says Apr 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Cultural Sensitivity and Ethnic Disparities in Care AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on cultural sensitivity and ethnic disparities in care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(4):312-313. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.4.coet1-1204. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139.
Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612.
Health Law Aug 2004 Words Count as Much as Deeds Leah Eisenberg and Melissa Junge, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):353-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.hlaw1-0408.
Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019.
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.
From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803.
Health Law Jun 2014 The Racially Unequal Impact of the US Organ Procurement System Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil Efforts to meet the demand for organs have long had disproportionate effects on members of particular races, not only because of disparate levels of need for transplants but because of the way our donation system works. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):461-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.hlaw1-1406.
AMA Code Says Jun 2014 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Disparities in Health Care AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinion 9.129 on racial and ethnic health care disparities. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):440-441. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.coet1-1406.
AMA Code Says Oct 2015 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Interrogation of Detainees AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on physician participation in interrogations. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):922-923. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.coet1-1510.
AMA Code Says Apr 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Cultural Sensitivity and Ethnic Disparities in Care AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on cultural sensitivity and ethnic disparities in care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(4):312-313. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.4.coet1-1204.