Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Dec 2022 Solidarity in Mortal Time Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA The concept of mortal time is useful for exploring how hospice care frameworks might help nonhospice clinicians find calm in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1149-1154. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1149. Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777. Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Transcending the Tragedy Discourse of Dementia: An Ethical Imperative for Promoting Selfhood, Meaningful Relationships, and Well-Being Peter Reed, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Carson, PhD, and Zebbedia Gibb, PhD Authentic partnerships with people with dementia motivate full social participation and resist fatalism around experiences of illness. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):693-703. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc1-1707. Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Arts Participation: Counterbalancing Forces to the Social Stigma of a Dementia Diagnosis Beth Bienvenu, PhD and Gay Hanna, PhD, MFA Arts participation can counterbalance the social stigma of Alzheimer’s disease by fostering the autonomy and creativity of those with the diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):704-712. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc2-1707. Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612. Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873. Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902. Medicine and Society Aug 2004 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for Neurodegenerative Diseases Shane K. Green, PhD Presymptomatic genetic testing for neurodegenerative diseases can help patients make effective treatment decisions, but the medical profession needs to ensure that the increasing use of the tests is done responsibly. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):360-363. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.msoc1-0408.
Medicine and Society Dec 2022 Solidarity in Mortal Time Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA The concept of mortal time is useful for exploring how hospice care frameworks might help nonhospice clinicians find calm in practice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1149-1154. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1149.
Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777.
Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Transcending the Tragedy Discourse of Dementia: An Ethical Imperative for Promoting Selfhood, Meaningful Relationships, and Well-Being Peter Reed, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Carson, PhD, and Zebbedia Gibb, PhD Authentic partnerships with people with dementia motivate full social participation and resist fatalism around experiences of illness. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):693-703. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc1-1707.
Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Arts Participation: Counterbalancing Forces to the Social Stigma of a Dementia Diagnosis Beth Bienvenu, PhD and Gay Hanna, PhD, MFA Arts participation can counterbalance the social stigma of Alzheimer’s disease by fostering the autonomy and creativity of those with the diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):704-712. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc2-1707.
Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612.
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.
Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902.
Medicine and Society Aug 2004 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for Neurodegenerative Diseases Shane K. Green, PhD Presymptomatic genetic testing for neurodegenerative diseases can help patients make effective treatment decisions, but the medical profession needs to ensure that the increasing use of the tests is done responsibly. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):360-363. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.msoc1-0408.