Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered?” Dr Kristen R. Choi joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Bantale Ayisire: “When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered?” Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608. Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589. Policy Forum Nov 2016 Affirmative and Responsible Health Care for People with Nonconforming Gender Identities and Expressions Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Henry Ng, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Potter, MD Physicians should extend gender-affirming treatment to gender-nonconforming people, who experience discrimination and health disparities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1107-1118. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor1-1611.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered?” Dr Kristen R. Choi joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Bantale Ayisire: “When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered?”
Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608.
Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589.
Policy Forum Nov 2016 Affirmative and Responsible Health Care for People with Nonconforming Gender Identities and Expressions Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Henry Ng, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Potter, MD Physicians should extend gender-affirming treatment to gender-nonconforming people, who experience discrimination and health disparities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1107-1118. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor1-1611.