Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603. Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 1 Tom Tomlinson, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401. Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 2 Barry DeCoster, MA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):20-23. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401. Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Transcending the Tragedy Discourse of Dementia: An Ethical Imperative for Promoting Selfhood, Meaningful Relationships, and Well-Being Peter Reed, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Carson, PhD, and Zebbedia Gibb, PhD Authentic partnerships with people with dementia motivate full social participation and resist fatalism around experiences of illness. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):693-703. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc1-1707. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Medicine and Society Oct 2016 Why Increasing Numbers of Physicians with Disability Could Improve Care for Patients with Disability Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Expanding the numbers of physicians with disabilities would facilitate patient-centered care for those who need similar accommodations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1041-1049. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.msoc2-1610. Medicine and Society May 2017 Should Clinicians Intervene If They Suspect That a Caregiver Whose Child Has Cancer Is at Risk of Psychological Harm? Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS Physicians have an ethical responsibility to caregivers whose psychological distress is caused by their experience of the patient’s illness and treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(5):493-500. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc3-1705.
Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603.
Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 1 Tom Tomlinson, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401.
Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 2 Barry DeCoster, MA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):20-23. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401.
Medicine and Society Jul 2017 Transcending the Tragedy Discourse of Dementia: An Ethical Imperative for Promoting Selfhood, Meaningful Relationships, and Well-Being Peter Reed, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Carson, PhD, and Zebbedia Gibb, PhD Authentic partnerships with people with dementia motivate full social participation and resist fatalism around experiences of illness. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):693-703. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.msoc1-1707.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Medicine and Society Oct 2016 Why Increasing Numbers of Physicians with Disability Could Improve Care for Patients with Disability Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Expanding the numbers of physicians with disabilities would facilitate patient-centered care for those who need similar accommodations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1041-1049. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.msoc2-1610.
Medicine and Society May 2017 Should Clinicians Intervene If They Suspect That a Caregiver Whose Child Has Cancer Is at Risk of Psychological Harm? Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS Physicians have an ethical responsibility to caregivers whose psychological distress is caused by their experience of the patient’s illness and treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(5):493-500. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc3-1705.