Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446. Medicine and Society Nov 2021 Home Health Care for Patients Without Shelter Sunil R. Dommaraju, Vanitha Raguveer, Clara Ryan, MS, Justin Ceh, MD, William L. Galanter, MD, PhD, and Evelyn Figueroa, MD Chicago Street Medicine implements HHC to improve health outcomes and care continuity for patients experiencing homelessness. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E887-892. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.887. Medical Education May 2020 How Should Shared Decision Making Be Taught? Dong-Kha Tran, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD There is great need for good teaching about how to have culturally appropriate conversations among clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E388-394. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.388. Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5. State of the Art and Science Aug 2022 How Cisgender Clinicians Can Help Prevent Harm During Encounters With Transgender Patients Antonio D. Garcia and Ximena Lopez, MD Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E753-761. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.753. Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813. Art of Medicine Jan 2023 "What Race Are You?" Julia O'Brien This comic shares a true story of a physician’s fraught interaction with and physical examination of a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E82-84. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.82. Art of Medicine Mar 2023 On Stage, But Not on Cue Julia O'Brien This comic considers how patients work to use the right vocabulary to help their physicians help them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E226-227. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.226. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446.
Medicine and Society Nov 2021 Home Health Care for Patients Without Shelter Sunil R. Dommaraju, Vanitha Raguveer, Clara Ryan, MS, Justin Ceh, MD, William L. Galanter, MD, PhD, and Evelyn Figueroa, MD Chicago Street Medicine implements HHC to improve health outcomes and care continuity for patients experiencing homelessness. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E887-892. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.887.
Medical Education May 2020 How Should Shared Decision Making Be Taught? Dong-Kha Tran, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD There is great need for good teaching about how to have culturally appropriate conversations among clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E388-394. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.388.
Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2022 How Cisgender Clinicians Can Help Prevent Harm During Encounters With Transgender Patients Antonio D. Garcia and Ximena Lopez, MD Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E753-761. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.753.
Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813.
Art of Medicine Jan 2023 "What Race Are You?" Julia O'Brien This comic shares a true story of a physician’s fraught interaction with and physical examination of a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E82-84. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.82.
Art of Medicine Mar 2023 On Stage, But Not on Cue Julia O'Brien This comic considers how patients work to use the right vocabulary to help their physicians help them. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E226-227. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.226.