Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995. 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. 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. Medical Education Sep 2022 Physician Leadership and Advocacy for Team-Based Care Swapna Reddy, JD, DrPH, MPH, Jessica Todsen, MD, and Yeonsoo Sara Lee Good team-based care requires acknowledgement of power, compensation, and job security inequity among team members. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E853-859. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.853. Case and Commentary May 2018 What Are Ethical Implications of Regionalization of Trauma Care? Sandra R. DiBrito, MD and Christian Jones, MD, MS Patient transfers from critical care hospitals to trauma centers should be regarded as an integral part of care rather than as a detraction from it. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):439-446. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas3-1805. Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805. Case and Commentary Aug 2018 How Should Physicians Manage Organ Donation after the Circulatory Determination of Death in Patients with Extremely Poor Neurological Prognosis? James L. Bernat, MD and Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD Consideration of what constitutes sufficient information about how donation protocols can interfere with a patient’s dying process is a key feature of consent processes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(8):E708-716. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.708. Case and Commentary Apr 2002 Patient Care and Student Education, Commentary 1 Caleb Alexander, MD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(4):91-94. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.4.ccas1-0204. Case and Commentary Apr 2002 Patient Care and Student Education, Commentary 2 James F. Bresnahan, SJ, JD, LLM, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(4):95-97. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.4.ccas1-0204. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995.
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.
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.
Medical Education Sep 2022 Physician Leadership and Advocacy for Team-Based Care Swapna Reddy, JD, DrPH, MPH, Jessica Todsen, MD, and Yeonsoo Sara Lee Good team-based care requires acknowledgement of power, compensation, and job security inequity among team members. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E853-859. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.853.
Case and Commentary May 2018 What Are Ethical Implications of Regionalization of Trauma Care? Sandra R. DiBrito, MD and Christian Jones, MD, MS Patient transfers from critical care hospitals to trauma centers should be regarded as an integral part of care rather than as a detraction from it. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):439-446. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas3-1805.
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805.
Case and Commentary Aug 2018 How Should Physicians Manage Organ Donation after the Circulatory Determination of Death in Patients with Extremely Poor Neurological Prognosis? James L. Bernat, MD and Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD Consideration of what constitutes sufficient information about how donation protocols can interfere with a patient’s dying process is a key feature of consent processes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(8):E708-716. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.708.
Case and Commentary Apr 2002 Patient Care and Student Education, Commentary 1 Caleb Alexander, MD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(4):91-94. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.4.ccas1-0204.
Case and Commentary Apr 2002 Patient Care and Student Education, Commentary 2 James F. Bresnahan, SJ, JD, LLM, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(4):95-97. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.4.ccas1-0204.