Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Feb 2023 How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse? Megan M. Letson, MD, MEd and Kristin G. Crichton, DO, MPH Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E93-99. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.93. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 Which Concerns Deserve Consideration in Dietary Counseling of Patients Earning Low Incomes? Laura Williamson, PhD and Lee Merchen, MD When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E244-250. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.244. 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 Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608. Case and Commentary May 2016 Consequences for Patients and Their Loved Ones When Physicians Refuse to Participate in Ethics Consultation Processes David S. Seres, MD, ScM While some physicians try to avoid ethics consultations, their participation can be essential for good patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):493-498. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas3-1605. Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 How Should Technology-Dependent Patients’ Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing? Emma Cooke, MD, MA and Holland Kaplan, MD, HEC-C Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E878-884. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.878. Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Profiling Patients to Identify Prospective Donors Richard E. Thompson, MD If wealth screening and patient care must be mixed, they would be safer and more effective if guided by a policy developed with input from physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):114-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas3-1302. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Feb 2023 How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse? Megan M. Letson, MD, MEd and Kristin G. Crichton, DO, MPH Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E93-99. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.93.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 Which Concerns Deserve Consideration in Dietary Counseling of Patients Earning Low Incomes? Laura Williamson, PhD and Lee Merchen, MD When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E244-250. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.244.
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 Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608.
Case and Commentary May 2016 Consequences for Patients and Their Loved Ones When Physicians Refuse to Participate in Ethics Consultation Processes David S. Seres, MD, ScM While some physicians try to avoid ethics consultations, their participation can be essential for good patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):493-498. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas3-1605.
Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 How Should Technology-Dependent Patients’ Care Be Managed Collaboratively to Avoid Turfing? Emma Cooke, MD, MA and Holland Kaplan, MD, HEC-C Technology-dependent inpatients are commonly turfed, either between general services or from subspecialty to general services. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E878-884. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.878.
Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Profiling Patients to Identify Prospective Donors Richard E. Thompson, MD If wealth screening and patient care must be mixed, they would be safer and more effective if guided by a policy developed with input from physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):114-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas3-1302.