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. State of the Art and Science Dec 2016 Locating Risk in the Adolescent Brain: Ethical Challenges in the Use of Biomarkers for Adolescent Health and Social Policy Suparna Choudhury, PhD and Sheehan Moore Neurobiological markers raise complex questions about what it means to be “at risk.” AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1199-1206. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.stas1-1612. 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 Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.
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.
State of the Art and Science Dec 2016 Locating Risk in the Adolescent Brain: Ethical Challenges in the Use of Biomarkers for Adolescent Health and Social Policy Suparna Choudhury, PhD and Sheehan Moore Neurobiological markers raise complex questions about what it means to be “at risk.” AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1199-1206. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.stas1-1612.
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 Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.