Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019. In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602. Health Law Jul 2019 Regional Unrepresented Patient Advocacy Committee as an Alternative for Decision Making Lisa K. Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, ANP-BC A UPAC is an alternative to engaging a guardianship court appointment process or to using physicians or ethics committees as decision makers. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E594-599. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.594. Health Law Jul 2019 Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Physicians, committees, and guardians all make decisions for unrepresented patients in the US. This article considers a “tiered” approach as an alternative. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E587-593. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.587. Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167. Health Law Feb 2005 Bouvia v. Superior Court: Quality of Life Matters Bryan A. Liang, MD, PhD, JD and Laura Lin, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):177-182. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.hlaw1-0502. In the Literature Sep 2005 Does How We Ask for Organs Determine Whether People Decide to Donate? Kelly A. Carroll Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):595-599. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.jdsc1-0509. In the Literature Jun 2003 Assessing Affirmative Action in Medical Schools Michelle Lim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):219-221. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.jdsc3-0306. In the Literature Aug 2003 Children as Live Kidney Donors for Siblings Catherine Kim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):319-321. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.jdsc1-0308. In the Literature Jul 2017 When Does Therapeutic Misconception Affect Surrogates’ or Subjects’ Decision Making about Whether to Participate in Dementia Research? Laura B. Dunn, MD and Barton W. Palmer, PhD Research is needed on surrogates’ susceptibility to believing that clinical trials provide individual therapeutic benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):678-685. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.nlit1-1707. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019.
In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602.
Health Law Jul 2019 Regional Unrepresented Patient Advocacy Committee as an Alternative for Decision Making Lisa K. Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, ANP-BC A UPAC is an alternative to engaging a guardianship court appointment process or to using physicians or ethics committees as decision makers. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E594-599. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.594.
Health Law Jul 2019 Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Physicians, committees, and guardians all make decisions for unrepresented patients in the US. This article considers a “tiered” approach as an alternative. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E587-593. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.587.
Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167.
Health Law Feb 2005 Bouvia v. Superior Court: Quality of Life Matters Bryan A. Liang, MD, PhD, JD and Laura Lin, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):177-182. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.hlaw1-0502.
In the Literature Sep 2005 Does How We Ask for Organs Determine Whether People Decide to Donate? Kelly A. Carroll Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):595-599. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.jdsc1-0509.
In the Literature Jun 2003 Assessing Affirmative Action in Medical Schools Michelle Lim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):219-221. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.jdsc3-0306.
In the Literature Aug 2003 Children as Live Kidney Donors for Siblings Catherine Kim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):319-321. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.jdsc1-0308.
In the Literature Jul 2017 When Does Therapeutic Misconception Affect Surrogates’ or Subjects’ Decision Making about Whether to Participate in Dementia Research? Laura B. Dunn, MD and Barton W. Palmer, PhD Research is needed on surrogates’ susceptibility to believing that clinical trials provide individual therapeutic benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):678-685. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.nlit1-1707.