Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876. 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. Policy Forum Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272. 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 Feb 2024 How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission? Jake Young, PhD, MPH, MFA Consumption and trade of wild animals present major zoonotic disease transmission risks. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E116-121. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.116. 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 Jan 2014 Shared Decision Making about IVF for Savior Siblings Emily S. Jungheim, MD, MSCI Decisions about whether to pursue IVF for savior siblings are difficult to make when probable success rates differ by clinic and evidence is lacking. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):24-29. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.ecas4-1401. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Sex Selection for Nonhealth-Related Reasons Lusine Aghajanova, MD, PhD and Cecilia T. Valdes, MD While sex selection of children for nonmedical reasons is not prohibited in the United States, the authors believe that sperm sorting should not be used until more safety data are available. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):105-111. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas3-1202. Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Why It’s Unjust to Expect Location-Specific, Language-Specific, or Population-Specific Service from Students with Underrepresented Minority or Low-Income Backgrounds Barret Michalec, PhD, Maria Athina Martimianakis, PhD, Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH, and Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD Expectations implicit in medical school funding and professional socialization lead underrepresented minorities to work with underserved populations. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):238-244. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas1-1703. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876.
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.
Policy Forum Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272.
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 Feb 2024 How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission? Jake Young, PhD, MPH, MFA Consumption and trade of wild animals present major zoonotic disease transmission risks. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E116-121. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.116.
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 Jan 2014 Shared Decision Making about IVF for Savior Siblings Emily S. Jungheim, MD, MSCI Decisions about whether to pursue IVF for savior siblings are difficult to make when probable success rates differ by clinic and evidence is lacking. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):24-29. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.ecas4-1401.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Sex Selection for Nonhealth-Related Reasons Lusine Aghajanova, MD, PhD and Cecilia T. Valdes, MD While sex selection of children for nonmedical reasons is not prohibited in the United States, the authors believe that sperm sorting should not be used until more safety data are available. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):105-111. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas3-1202.
Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Why It’s Unjust to Expect Location-Specific, Language-Specific, or Population-Specific Service from Students with Underrepresented Minority or Low-Income Backgrounds Barret Michalec, PhD, Maria Athina Martimianakis, PhD, Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH, and Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD Expectations implicit in medical school funding and professional socialization lead underrepresented minorities to work with underserved populations. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):238-244. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas1-1703.