Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast Nov 2019 Ethics Talk: Quality of Life Assessments in Reconstructive Transplantation Drs Katrina Bramstedt and Ana Iltis discuss the development of QoL assessment tools to help patient-subjects considering reconstructive transplantation. Case and Commentary Jun 2022 Should Children Be Enrolled in Clinical Research in Conflict Zones? Dónal O’Mathúna, PhD and Nawaraj Upadhaya, PhD Research that places subjects and investigators at risk of additional harm must be considered carefully. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E463-471. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.463. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735. State of the Art and Science Aug 2022 How Cisgender Clinicians Can Help Prevent Harm During Encounters With Transgender Patients Antonio D. Garcia and Ximena Lopez, MD Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E753-761. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.753. Viewpoint Jun 2023 More Lessons for Health Professionals From a Transgender Patient Ryan K. Sallans, MA This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E452-457. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.452. Medicine and Society Apr 2023 Should Clinicians Care About How Food Behaviors Express Gender Identity? Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD Nutrition care processes account for a person’s biological sex characteristics but do not adequately address their gender. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E287-293. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.287. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437. Medicine and Society Nov 2019 How to Integrate Lived Experience Into Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Considering Facial Transplantation Laura L. Kimberly, MSW, MBE, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, MD, Rami S. Kantar, MD, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS Facial transplantation must establish approaches to assessing QoL in candidates and recipients that use meaningful outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E980-987. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.980.
Podcast Nov 2019 Ethics Talk: Quality of Life Assessments in Reconstructive Transplantation Drs Katrina Bramstedt and Ana Iltis discuss the development of QoL assessment tools to help patient-subjects considering reconstructive transplantation.
Case and Commentary Jun 2022 Should Children Be Enrolled in Clinical Research in Conflict Zones? Dónal O’Mathúna, PhD and Nawaraj Upadhaya, PhD Research that places subjects and investigators at risk of additional harm must be considered carefully. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E463-471. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.463.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2022 How Cisgender Clinicians Can Help Prevent Harm During Encounters With Transgender Patients Antonio D. Garcia and Ximena Lopez, MD Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E753-761. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.753.
Viewpoint Jun 2023 More Lessons for Health Professionals From a Transgender Patient Ryan K. Sallans, MA This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E452-457. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.452.
Medicine and Society Apr 2023 Should Clinicians Care About How Food Behaviors Express Gender Identity? Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD Nutrition care processes account for a person’s biological sex characteristics but do not adequately address their gender. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E287-293. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.287.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437.
Medicine and Society Nov 2019 How to Integrate Lived Experience Into Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Considering Facial Transplantation Laura L. Kimberly, MSW, MBE, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, MD, Rami S. Kantar, MD, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS Facial transplantation must establish approaches to assessing QoL in candidates and recipients that use meaningful outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E980-987. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.980.