Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 Jun 2018 The Four-Quadrant Approach to Ethical Issues in Burn Care Chad M. Teven, MD and Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD The four-quadrant approach can illuminate ethical issues in burn care related to decision-making capacity, respect for autonomy, and medical futility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):595-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.vwpt1-1806. Viewpoint Sep 2023 What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology? Awais Aftab, MD This article examines conceptual limitations of extant accounts of palliative psychiatry, with a focus on obligations to distinguish among and clearly formulate goals of care. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E710-717. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.710. Viewpoint Feb 2024 Lessons for Ethics From the Kingdom of Fungi Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD This article considers lessons about American anthropocentric thinking that can be applied to how we confer moral status to beings other than humans. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E191-194. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.191. Viewpoint Mar 2024 Virtual Eye Contact Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Is intention the same as design? AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E270-273. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.270. Viewpoint Mar 2001 Tailoring Telemedicine to End-of-life Needs Audrey Kinsella Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(3):98-100. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.3.elce1-0103. Viewpoint Mar 2001 Jay Sanders, MD: Telemedicine Pioneer Faith Lagay, PhD and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(3):103-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.3.prol1-0103. Viewpoint May 2014 Against a Duty To Die Nancy S. Jecker, PhD A small but growing body of evidence suggests that worry about creating a burden on others is common among people who are near the end of life. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):390-394. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.oped1-1405. Viewpoint Apr 2024 You Are What You Eat . . . and What You Take Orally, Intravenously, or Topically Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Should we interrogate our bioproduct supply chains as we have begun interrogating our food supply chains? AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E357-359. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.357. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
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 Jun 2018 The Four-Quadrant Approach to Ethical Issues in Burn Care Chad M. Teven, MD and Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD The four-quadrant approach can illuminate ethical issues in burn care related to decision-making capacity, respect for autonomy, and medical futility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):595-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.vwpt1-1806.
Viewpoint Sep 2023 What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology? Awais Aftab, MD This article examines conceptual limitations of extant accounts of palliative psychiatry, with a focus on obligations to distinguish among and clearly formulate goals of care. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E710-717. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.710.
Viewpoint Feb 2024 Lessons for Ethics From the Kingdom of Fungi Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD This article considers lessons about American anthropocentric thinking that can be applied to how we confer moral status to beings other than humans. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(2):E191-194. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.191.
Viewpoint Mar 2024 Virtual Eye Contact Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Is intention the same as design? AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E270-273. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.270.
Viewpoint Mar 2001 Tailoring Telemedicine to End-of-life Needs Audrey Kinsella Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(3):98-100. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.3.elce1-0103.
Viewpoint Mar 2001 Jay Sanders, MD: Telemedicine Pioneer Faith Lagay, PhD and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(3):103-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.3.prol1-0103.
Viewpoint May 2014 Against a Duty To Die Nancy S. Jecker, PhD A small but growing body of evidence suggests that worry about creating a burden on others is common among people who are near the end of life. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):390-394. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.oped1-1405.
Viewpoint Apr 2024 You Are What You Eat . . . and What You Take Orally, Intravenously, or Topically Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Should we interrogate our bioproduct supply chains as we have begun interrogating our food supply chains? AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E357-359. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.357.