Trafficking-specific ICD-10-CM codes account for physical, social, and psychological dimensions of trafficked patients’ experiences. Data collected by clinicians can also motivate improvements in health policy, resource allocation, and prevention.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1143-1151. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.1143.
Efrat Lelkes, MD, Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD
Current policy requires separate informed consent for some Public Health Service increased-risk donors, and this can make shared decision making harder.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E401-407. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.401.
Two pediatric cases highlight risks of prolonging anesthetic exposure for training purposes and prompt questions about influences of surgical training on outcomes.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E267-275. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.267.
Although identical twin-to-twin skin grafting has resulted in excellent survival rates in burn patients, the nature and scope of ethical decision making in monozygotic sibling skin grafting needs further examination.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):537-545. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm2-1806.
Mollie Gordon, MD, Rebecca Chen, MD, John Coverdale, MD, MEd, Mike Schiller, CRMP, Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, and Phuong Nguyen, PhD
Little attention has been given to roles played by human trafficking in health care organizations’ supply chains of key equipment, such as hand sanitizers and gloves.
AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E348-356. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.348.
Dr Hanni Stoklosa and Mike Schiller joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Drs Mollie Gordon, Rebecca Chen, John Coverdale, and Phuong Nguyen: “How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains?”