Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. History of Medicine Sep 2021 FDA Device Oversight From 1906 to the Present Anna Pisac and Natalia Wilson, MD, MPH A history of device oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration traces regulatory changes in response to injuries caused by Dalkon Shield intrauterine devices. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E712-720. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.712. Case and Commentary Oct 2017 Should Physicians Consider the Environmental Effects of Prescribing Antibiotics? Jeremy Balch, Julia H. Schoen, MS, and Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH When prescribing antibiotics, physicians should weigh individual benefit against both environmental and community harms. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):957-965. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.peer1-1710.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
History of Medicine Sep 2021 FDA Device Oversight From 1906 to the Present Anna Pisac and Natalia Wilson, MD, MPH A history of device oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration traces regulatory changes in response to injuries caused by Dalkon Shield intrauterine devices. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E712-720. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.712.
Case and Commentary Oct 2017 Should Physicians Consider the Environmental Effects of Prescribing Antibiotics? Jeremy Balch, Julia H. Schoen, MS, and Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH When prescribing antibiotics, physicians should weigh individual benefit against both environmental and community harms. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):957-965. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.peer1-1710.