Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Aug 2016 Improving Pathologists’ Communication Skills Suzanne Dintzis, MD, PhD The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):802-808. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.medu1-1608. Personal Narrative Jun 2020 Portraits of Suzanne, an Osage Woman’s Story of Loving the Sun and Living With Skin Cancer Bobbie McWilliams and Regina Idoate, PhD Interviews, photographs, drawings, and paintings explore Suzanne’s lived experience of cancer and American Indian cancer inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E557-564. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.557. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608. In the Literature Aug 2016 Error Disclosure in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: A Review of the Literature Ifeoma U. Perkins, MD A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):809-816. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.nlit1-1608. Medicine and Society Aug 2016 The Penetrating Gaze and the Decline of the Autopsy William E. Stempsey, MD, PhD Because physicians view autopsies differently than families of the deceased, informed consent rather than permission should be obtained for autopsies. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):833-838. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.msoc1-1608. Case and Commentary Dec 2010 Managing Risk in Cataract Surgeries Performed by Resident Ophthalmologists Thomas A. Oetting, MD Many patients in settings where residents operate can only afford to seek care in a public hospital. The hospital, faculty, and resident surgeon must find ways to minimize the risk to those patients. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):913-916. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.ccas1-1012. Case and Commentary Dec 2010 The Referral-Consultant Relationship Andrew G. Lee, MD Consulting physicians must not usurp the role of the referring physician, even at patients’ request. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):917-919. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.ccas2-1012.
Medical Education Aug 2016 Improving Pathologists’ Communication Skills Suzanne Dintzis, MD, PhD The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):802-808. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.medu1-1608.
Personal Narrative Jun 2020 Portraits of Suzanne, an Osage Woman’s Story of Loving the Sun and Living With Skin Cancer Bobbie McWilliams and Regina Idoate, PhD Interviews, photographs, drawings, and paintings explore Suzanne’s lived experience of cancer and American Indian cancer inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E557-564. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.557.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608.
In the Literature Aug 2016 Error Disclosure in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: A Review of the Literature Ifeoma U. Perkins, MD A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):809-816. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.nlit1-1608.
Medicine and Society Aug 2016 The Penetrating Gaze and the Decline of the Autopsy William E. Stempsey, MD, PhD Because physicians view autopsies differently than families of the deceased, informed consent rather than permission should be obtained for autopsies. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):833-838. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.msoc1-1608.
Case and Commentary Dec 2010 Managing Risk in Cataract Surgeries Performed by Resident Ophthalmologists Thomas A. Oetting, MD Many patients in settings where residents operate can only afford to seek care in a public hospital. The hospital, faculty, and resident surgeon must find ways to minimize the risk to those patients. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):913-916. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.ccas1-1012.
Case and Commentary Dec 2010 The Referral-Consultant Relationship Andrew G. Lee, MD Consulting physicians must not usurp the role of the referring physician, even at patients’ request. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):917-919. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.ccas2-1012.