Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Covid Care in Color Valerie Tarsia, PA-C This group of paintings portrays beauty and strength among frontline clinicians in a hectic emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E349-361. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.349. Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Going Up or Down? Katelyn Norman, MD In this oil painting, personal protective equipment is uncomfortable, but perhaps less uncomfortable than knowing our safety depends on others. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E362-363. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.362. Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919. AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940. Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933. Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Arches of St John’s Richard Wu This photograph depicts a gateway at the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal, a medieval Flemish hospital. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E812-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.812. Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Covid Care in Color Valerie Tarsia, PA-C This group of paintings portrays beauty and strength among frontline clinicians in a hectic emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E349-361. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.349.
Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Going Up or Down? Katelyn Norman, MD In this oil painting, personal protective equipment is uncomfortable, but perhaps less uncomfortable than knowing our safety depends on others. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E362-363. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.362.
Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919.
AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940.
Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933.
Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Arches of St John’s Richard Wu This photograph depicts a gateway at the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal, a medieval Flemish hospital. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E812-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.812.
Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.