Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701. Viewpoint Sep 2006 Suffering under the Auspices of Contemporary Medicine Rashmi Kudesia, ScB Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):617-621. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.oped2-0609. Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD The stigmatization of and discrimination toward people living with HIV persists in the general public and even among health care professionals. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912.
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.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701.
Viewpoint Sep 2006 Suffering under the Auspices of Contemporary Medicine Rashmi Kudesia, ScB Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):617-621. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.oped2-0609.
Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD The stigmatization of and discrimination toward people living with HIV persists in the general public and even among health care professionals. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912.