This month, AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Colleen Farrell, a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, interviewed Lachlan Forrow, MD, about the benefits of interprofessional collaboration and the importance of biopsychosocial approaches to patient care.
Cytopathologists frequently interact directly with patients at their bedsides to perform fine needle aspiration procedures. When, if ever, should cytopathologists share preliminary diagnostic impressions directly with patients?
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):779-785. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas3-1608.
If a medical decision about high-value care involves a conflict between the principles of beneficence and justice, an explicit analysis of the individual case is necessary to ensure that the interests of both the patient and society are served.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(11):1022-1027. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.ecas1-1511.
Ali John Zarrabi, MD, Ran Huo, MD, and Diane E. Meier, MD
Although palliative care is high-value because it reduces costs and improves the quality and quantity of life, its implementation is hampered by stigma, a shortage of palliative care specialists, and a lack of adequate palliative care education.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(11):1064-1072. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.pfor3-1511.