Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Mar 2016 Ethical Challenges for the Medical Expert Witness Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Medical expert witnesses are ethically and legally obligated to provide honest testimony that meets the standards of the Daubert test. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):201-208. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas1-1603. 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 Sep 2022 What Do Organizations and Clinicians of Status Owe Their Patients’ Home Health Aides? Eileen Boris, PhD and Jennifer Klein, PhD Historical perspective on how some sites and means of professional caregiving became high or low status helps us understand trends in poor care continuity in US health care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E822-829. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.822. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 What Should Be the Scope of Long-Term Care Organizations’ Obligations to Offer Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services to Patients? Darlon Jan, MD, Azziza Bankole, MD, and Mamta Sapra, MBBS Despite legal protections for services for patients with LEP, some places have limited capacity to offer them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E733-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.733. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 How Should Physicians Refer When Referral Options Are Limited for Transgender Patients? Elizabeth Dietz and Jessica Halem, MBA In referring transgender patients for medical transition, clinicians should be guided by harm reduction, respect for autonomy, and continuity of care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1070-1080. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.ecas1-1611. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Mar 2016 Ethical Challenges for the Medical Expert Witness Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Medical expert witnesses are ethically and legally obligated to provide honest testimony that meets the standards of the Daubert test. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):201-208. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas1-1603.
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 Sep 2022 What Do Organizations and Clinicians of Status Owe Their Patients’ Home Health Aides? Eileen Boris, PhD and Jennifer Klein, PhD Historical perspective on how some sites and means of professional caregiving became high or low status helps us understand trends in poor care continuity in US health care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E822-829. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.822.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 What Should Be the Scope of Long-Term Care Organizations’ Obligations to Offer Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services to Patients? Darlon Jan, MD, Azziza Bankole, MD, and Mamta Sapra, MBBS Despite legal protections for services for patients with LEP, some places have limited capacity to offer them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E733-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.733.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 How Should Physicians Refer When Referral Options Are Limited for Transgender Patients? Elizabeth Dietz and Jessica Halem, MBA In referring transgender patients for medical transition, clinicians should be guided by harm reduction, respect for autonomy, and continuity of care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1070-1080. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.ecas1-1611.