Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Sep 2020 How Should Clinicians’ Performance Be Assessed When Health Care Organizations Implement Behavioral Architecture That Generates Negative Consequences? Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E760-766. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.760. Case and Commentary Jun 2018 Is It Ethical to Treat Pain Differently in Children and Adults with Burns? Sharmila Dissanaike, MD Pain management of adult and pediatric burn patients should be individualized and include nonpharmacological treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):531-536. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm1-1806. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256. 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 Jun 2018 Should Cosmetic Outcome Influence Discussions about Goals of Care for Severely Burned Patients? Yuk Ming Liu, MD and Kathleen Skipton Romanowski, MD Withdrawing care for cosmetic reasons in cases of severe burns is examined in light of ethical principles guiding surrogates’ and clinicians’ roles. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):546-551. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm3-1806. Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Complex Communication Responsibilities Be Distributed in Surgical Education Settings? Bradley M. Dennis, MD and Allan B. Peetz, MD Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):431-438. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas2-1805. Case and Commentary Apr 2017 Do Physicians Have an Ethical Duty to Repair Relationships with So-Called “Difficult” Patients? Micah Johnson Physicians have an ethical responsibility to repair damaged relationships with patients stemming from their duty to treat and greater power. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):323-331. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.ecas1-1704.
Case and Commentary Sep 2020 How Should Clinicians’ Performance Be Assessed When Health Care Organizations Implement Behavioral Architecture That Generates Negative Consequences? Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E760-766. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.760.
Case and Commentary Jun 2018 Is It Ethical to Treat Pain Differently in Children and Adults with Burns? Sharmila Dissanaike, MD Pain management of adult and pediatric burn patients should be individualized and include nonpharmacological treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):531-536. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm1-1806.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256.
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 Jun 2018 Should Cosmetic Outcome Influence Discussions about Goals of Care for Severely Burned Patients? Yuk Ming Liu, MD and Kathleen Skipton Romanowski, MD Withdrawing care for cosmetic reasons in cases of severe burns is examined in light of ethical principles guiding surrogates’ and clinicians’ roles. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):546-551. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm3-1806.
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Complex Communication Responsibilities Be Distributed in Surgical Education Settings? Bradley M. Dennis, MD and Allan B. Peetz, MD Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):431-438. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas2-1805.
Case and Commentary Apr 2017 Do Physicians Have an Ethical Duty to Repair Relationships with So-Called “Difficult” Patients? Micah Johnson Physicians have an ethical responsibility to repair damaged relationships with patients stemming from their duty to treat and greater power. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):323-331. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.ecas1-1704.