Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Aug 2020 Revisiting the WHO Analgesic Ladder for Surgical Management of Pain Laura Stone McGuire, MD and Konstantin Slavin, MD A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E695-701. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.695. Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063. Case and Commentary Aug 2023 Should Organizational Investment in Robotic Surgical Technology Ever Influence Surgeons’ Decisions About Surgical Approach to Patients’ Surgical Care? Ryan D. Rosen, DO and David A. Edelman, MD, MSHPEd Costs partly determine organizational robotics, but questions remain about whether and to what extent they should influence care decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E575-582. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.575. Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Risk Be Communicated to Patients When Developing Resident Surgeon Robotic Skills? Matthew C. Bobel, MD and Robert K. Cleary, MD This article suggests strategies for how to disclose the nature and scope of resident surgeon involvement in managing intraoperative care. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E583-588. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.583. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2
Policy Forum Aug 2020 Revisiting the WHO Analgesic Ladder for Surgical Management of Pain Laura Stone McGuire, MD and Konstantin Slavin, MD A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E695-701. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.695.
Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063.
Case and Commentary Aug 2023 Should Organizational Investment in Robotic Surgical Technology Ever Influence Surgeons’ Decisions About Surgical Approach to Patients’ Surgical Care? Ryan D. Rosen, DO and David A. Edelman, MD, MSHPEd Costs partly determine organizational robotics, but questions remain about whether and to what extent they should influence care decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E575-582. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.575.
Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Risk Be Communicated to Patients When Developing Resident Surgeon Robotic Skills? Matthew C. Bobel, MD and Robert K. Cleary, MD This article suggests strategies for how to disclose the nature and scope of resident surgeon involvement in managing intraoperative care. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E583-588. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.583.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655.