Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2019 How Should Physicians Help Patients Understand Unknowns of Nanoparticle-Based Medicines? Nancy M. P. King, JD and Christine E. Bishop, MD, MA When an unproven intervention is a nanodrug, a physician’s role is especially difficult due to possibilities of unprecedented harms. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.324. 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 Jun 2019 Does a Patient’s Trauma History Ethically Justify a Discriminatory Clinical Referral? John R. Stone, MD, PhD A “simplicity strategy” suggests expressing respect for persons and empathy and models inclusive group inquiry, epistemic humility, and justice. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E493-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.493. Medicine and Society May 2020 What’s the Role of Time in Shared Decision Making? Alexander T. Yahanda, MS and Jessica Mozersky, PhD Ideally, patients and clinicians should have sufficient time to engage in SDM. In reality, time is often insufficient. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E416-422. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.416. Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D? Ethan A. Mezoff, MD, Hannah Hays, MD, and Ala Shaikhkhalil, MD Children with micronutrient deficiency might need supplementation, sometimes in irregularly high doses. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E353-360. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.353. Case and Commentary May 2022 How Does Cognitive Bias Affect Conversations With Patients About Dietary Supplements? Ila M. Harris, PharmD, Christine C. Danner, PhD, and David J. Satin, MD Some allopathic clinicians’ biases influence the information they draw upon to make decisions and offer recommendations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E368-375. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.368. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601. Medicine and Society Jul 2022 Co-creating an Art Exhibition on Living Well With Dementia Gloria Puurveen, PhD, Susan M. Cox, PhD, Natasha Damiano, MA, Heather Neale Furneaux, MFA, and Samantha Pineda Sierra, MFA This article considers ethical questions raised during development of an online art exhibit for and with people with dementia and their care partners. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E622-633. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.622. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 What’s the Role of Autonomy in Patient- and Family-Centered Care When Patients and Family Members Don’t Agree? Laura Sedig, MD When family members disagree with a patient about care planning, the physician might be able to facilitate a resolution. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):12-17. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas2-1601. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 How Should Physicians Help Patients Understand Unknowns of Nanoparticle-Based Medicines? Nancy M. P. King, JD and Christine E. Bishop, MD, MA When an unproven intervention is a nanodrug, a physician’s role is especially difficult due to possibilities of unprecedented harms. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.324.
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 Jun 2019 Does a Patient’s Trauma History Ethically Justify a Discriminatory Clinical Referral? John R. Stone, MD, PhD A “simplicity strategy” suggests expressing respect for persons and empathy and models inclusive group inquiry, epistemic humility, and justice. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E493-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.493.
Medicine and Society May 2020 What’s the Role of Time in Shared Decision Making? Alexander T. Yahanda, MS and Jessica Mozersky, PhD Ideally, patients and clinicians should have sufficient time to engage in SDM. In reality, time is often insufficient. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E416-422. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.416.
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D? Ethan A. Mezoff, MD, Hannah Hays, MD, and Ala Shaikhkhalil, MD Children with micronutrient deficiency might need supplementation, sometimes in irregularly high doses. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E353-360. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.353.
Case and Commentary May 2022 How Does Cognitive Bias Affect Conversations With Patients About Dietary Supplements? Ila M. Harris, PharmD, Christine C. Danner, PhD, and David J. Satin, MD Some allopathic clinicians’ biases influence the information they draw upon to make decisions and offer recommendations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E368-375. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.368.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601.
Medicine and Society Jul 2022 Co-creating an Art Exhibition on Living Well With Dementia Gloria Puurveen, PhD, Susan M. Cox, PhD, Natasha Damiano, MA, Heather Neale Furneaux, MFA, and Samantha Pineda Sierra, MFA This article considers ethical questions raised during development of an online art exhibit for and with people with dementia and their care partners. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E622-633. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.622.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 What’s the Role of Autonomy in Patient- and Family-Centered Care When Patients and Family Members Don’t Agree? Laura Sedig, MD When family members disagree with a patient about care planning, the physician might be able to facilitate a resolution. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):12-17. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas2-1601.