Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862. 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. Medicine and Society Oct 2006 Talking with Families about Severely Disabled Children Arthur F. Kohrman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):685-688. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.msoc1-0610. Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Parental Influence on Level of Functioning in a Child with Down Syndrome Dianne McBrien, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):645-648. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas1-0610. Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610. 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 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. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH A discussion of how physicians should handle a patient's request to be tested for diseases that have received a high level of media coverage. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703.
Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862.
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.
Medicine and Society Oct 2006 Talking with Families about Severely Disabled Children Arthur F. Kohrman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):685-688. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.msoc1-0610.
Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Parental Influence on Level of Functioning in a Child with Down Syndrome Dianne McBrien, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):645-648. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas1-0610.
Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610.
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 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.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH A discussion of how physicians should handle a patient's request to be tested for diseases that have received a high level of media coverage. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703.