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. 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. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924. 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. Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965. History of Medicine Mar 2019 An Architectural History of US Community Hospitals Jeanne Kisacky, PhD, MA, MArch Practices changed when hospitals became places of recovery rather than death. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E288-296. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.288. 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. History of Medicine Mar 2019 How Communities Attracted Physicians After World War II Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS The AMA Council on Medical Service matched physicians seeking practice locations with neighborhoods in need. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E297-299. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.297. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 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.
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.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924.
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.
Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965.
History of Medicine Mar 2019 An Architectural History of US Community Hospitals Jeanne Kisacky, PhD, MA, MArch Practices changed when hospitals became places of recovery rather than death. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E288-296. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.288.
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.
History of Medicine Mar 2019 How Communities Attracted Physicians After World War II Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS The AMA Council on Medical Service matched physicians seeking practice locations with neighborhoods in need. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E297-299. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.297.