Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? Nathaniel Sharadin, PhD, MA Ethical and practical problems with preference modeling can undermine how reliably predictors can be used in high-stakes decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E566-574. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.566. 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. Case and Commentary Sep 2006 Communication Failure in the ICU Diane E. Meier, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):564-570. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.ccas2-0609. Viewpoint Jun 2018 The Four-Quadrant Approach to Ethical Issues in Burn Care Chad M. Teven, MD and Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD The four-quadrant approach can illuminate ethical issues in burn care related to decision-making capacity, respect for autonomy, and medical futility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):595-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.vwpt1-1806. Medicine and Society Mar 2009 New Forces Shaping the Patient-Physician Relationship Howard A. Brody, MD, PhD Society values both the appropriate use of new technological and management innovations and the maintenance of a strong personal and therapeutic relationship between patients and physicians. The medical-home model may be able to accomplish both. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(3):253-256. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.3.msoc1-0903. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995. Case and Commentary Jun 2017 What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes? Terri Traudt, MA, MBC and Joan Liaschenko, PhD, RN Moral distress can be reduced by approaching the patient-physician relationship with empathy and humility, which foster trust and good communication. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):558-563. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.ecas4-1706.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? Nathaniel Sharadin, PhD, MA Ethical and practical problems with preference modeling can undermine how reliably predictors can be used in high-stakes decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E566-574. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.566.
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.
Case and Commentary Sep 2006 Communication Failure in the ICU Diane E. Meier, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):564-570. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.ccas2-0609.
Viewpoint Jun 2018 The Four-Quadrant Approach to Ethical Issues in Burn Care Chad M. Teven, MD and Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD The four-quadrant approach can illuminate ethical issues in burn care related to decision-making capacity, respect for autonomy, and medical futility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):595-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.vwpt1-1806.
Medicine and Society Mar 2009 New Forces Shaping the Patient-Physician Relationship Howard A. Brody, MD, PhD Society values both the appropriate use of new technological and management innovations and the maintenance of a strong personal and therapeutic relationship between patients and physicians. The medical-home model may be able to accomplish both. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(3):253-256. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.3.msoc1-0903.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995.
Case and Commentary Jun 2017 What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes? Terri Traudt, MA, MBC and Joan Liaschenko, PhD, RN Moral distress can be reduced by approaching the patient-physician relationship with empathy and humility, which foster trust and good communication. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):558-563. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.ecas4-1706.