Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376. Case and Commentary Sep 2021 How Should Clinicians and Organizations Assess Risks and Benefits of First-in-Human Implantation of Investigational Devices? Beatrice L. Brown, MBE and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH Heightened caution, improved physician and patient communication, and equitable access are key priorities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E673-678. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.673. Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936. Case and Commentary Feb 2019 How Should Clinicians Communicate With Patients About the Roles of Artificially Intelligent Team Members? Daniel Schiff, MS and Jason Borenstein, PhD Clinical applications of AI prompt consideration of how responsibility should be distributed among professionals, tech companies, and others. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E138-145. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.138. Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602. Case and Commentary Jun 2022 How Should Health Systems Help Clinicians Manage Bias Against Ex-combatants? Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP Clinicians in postconflict health care settings can be tasked with caring for patients who were enemies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483. Case and Commentary Jun 2022 كيف يجب أن تساعد النظم الصحية الأطباء في إدارة التحيز ضد المقاتلين السابقين؟ Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP AMA J Ethics. 2022;E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601. 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. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376.
Case and Commentary Sep 2021 How Should Clinicians and Organizations Assess Risks and Benefits of First-in-Human Implantation of Investigational Devices? Beatrice L. Brown, MBE and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH Heightened caution, improved physician and patient communication, and equitable access are key priorities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E673-678. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.673.
Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936.
Case and Commentary Feb 2019 How Should Clinicians Communicate With Patients About the Roles of Artificially Intelligent Team Members? Daniel Schiff, MS and Jason Borenstein, PhD Clinical applications of AI prompt consideration of how responsibility should be distributed among professionals, tech companies, and others. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E138-145. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.138.
Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602.
Case and Commentary Jun 2022 How Should Health Systems Help Clinicians Manage Bias Against Ex-combatants? Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP Clinicians in postconflict health care settings can be tasked with caring for patients who were enemies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483.
Case and Commentary Jun 2022 كيف يجب أن تساعد النظم الصحية الأطباء في إدارة التحيز ضد المقاتلين السابقين؟ Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP AMA J Ethics. 2022;E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601.
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.