Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal? Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS Patients have a right to decline or withdraw LVADs. Informed consent and shared decision making is not easy, however, with treatments that are high risk, high reward. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E394-400. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.394. Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. 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 Nov 2019 Should a Caregiver’s QoL Be Considered in Decisions About Whether a Patient Has an Experimental Double-Hand Transplant? Miguel I. Dorante, MD, MBE, Elaine Devine, MSW, LICSW, and Simon G. Talbot, MD Success depends on strong support, rehabilitation, adherence, and social integration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E943-952. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.943. Case and Commentary Dec 2019 How Should Physicians Respond When They Learn Patients Are Using Unapproved Gene Editing Interventions? Carolyn Riley Chapman, PhD, MS and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Responding to patients violating US health commerce regulations can be critical when they buy and use unproven interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1021-1028. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1021. 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 Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. Case and Commentary Apr 2020 What Should an Anesthesiologist and Surgeon Do When They Disagree About Terms of Perioperative DNR Suspension? Alexander E. Loeb, MD, Shawn Y. Jia, MD, and Casey J. Humbyrd, MD Using alternative anesthesia techniques requires collaborative decision making that expresses a patient’s best interest. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E283-290. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.283. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal? Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS Patients have a right to decline or withdraw LVADs. Informed consent and shared decision making is not easy, however, with treatments that are high risk, high reward. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E394-400. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.394.
Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
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 Nov 2019 Should a Caregiver’s QoL Be Considered in Decisions About Whether a Patient Has an Experimental Double-Hand Transplant? Miguel I. Dorante, MD, MBE, Elaine Devine, MSW, LICSW, and Simon G. Talbot, MD Success depends on strong support, rehabilitation, adherence, and social integration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E943-952. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.943.
Case and Commentary Dec 2019 How Should Physicians Respond When They Learn Patients Are Using Unapproved Gene Editing Interventions? Carolyn Riley Chapman, PhD, MS and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Responding to patients violating US health commerce regulations can be critical when they buy and use unproven interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1021-1028. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1021.
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 Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
Case and Commentary Apr 2020 What Should an Anesthesiologist and Surgeon Do When They Disagree About Terms of Perioperative DNR Suspension? Alexander E. Loeb, MD, Shawn Y. Jia, MD, and Casey J. Humbyrd, MD Using alternative anesthesia techniques requires collaborative decision making that expresses a patient’s best interest. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E283-290. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.283.