Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866. Policy Forum Dec 2023 Cheating the Rules of Admission With “Observation” Laura Haselden, MD, MPM and Sabrina Rahman, MD Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E901-908. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.901. 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.
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866.
Policy Forum Dec 2023 Cheating the Rules of Admission With “Observation” Laura Haselden, MD, MPM and Sabrina Rahman, MD Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E901-908. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.901.
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.