Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Dec 2020 Inconsistency in Brain Death Determination Should Not Be Tolerated Erin Barnes, MD and David Greer, MD, MA Since 1995, the American Academy of Neurology has provided guidelines for brain death determination, but nationwide adherence to these guidelines has been incomplete. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1027-1032. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1027. Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609. State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Clowning as a Complementary Approach for Reducing Iatrogenic Effects in Pediatrics Alberto Dionigi, PhD Therapeutic clowning can reduce pediatric patients’ pain and distress during the preoperative period, but clown doctors must follow codes of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):775-782. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas1-1708. Policy Forum Oct 2016 Competence not Age Determines Ability to Practice: Ethical Considerations about Sensorimotor Agility, Dexterity, and Cognitive Capacity Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc Competency assessments for aging physicians raise concerns AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1017-1024. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.pfor1-1610.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 Inconsistency in Brain Death Determination Should Not Be Tolerated Erin Barnes, MD and David Greer, MD, MA Since 1995, the American Academy of Neurology has provided guidelines for brain death determination, but nationwide adherence to these guidelines has been incomplete. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1027-1032. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1027.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Clowning as a Complementary Approach for Reducing Iatrogenic Effects in Pediatrics Alberto Dionigi, PhD Therapeutic clowning can reduce pediatric patients’ pain and distress during the preoperative period, but clown doctors must follow codes of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):775-782. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas1-1708.
Policy Forum Oct 2016 Competence not Age Determines Ability to Practice: Ethical Considerations about Sensorimotor Agility, Dexterity, and Cognitive Capacity Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc Competency assessments for aging physicians raise concerns AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1017-1024. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.pfor1-1610.