Amy Scharf(理学硕士), Louis Voigt(医学博士), Santosha Vardhana(医学博士、哲学博士), Konstantina Matsoukas(图书情报硕士), Lisa M. Wall(哲学博士、注册护士、临床护理专家、高级肿瘤临床护理专家、已获认证的医疗保健伦理顾问), Maria Arevalo(注册护士、肿瘤专科护士), and Lisa C. Diamond(医学博士、公共卫生硕士)
AMA J Ethics. 2021;E97-108. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.97.
Amy Schart, MS, Louis Voigt, MD, Santosha Vardhana, MD, PhD, Konstantina Matsoukas, MLIS, Lisa M. Wall, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCNS, HEC-C, María Arévalo, RN, OCN, and Lisa C. Diamond, MD, MPH
AMA J Ethics. 2021;E97-108. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.97.
Amy Scharf, MS, Louis Voigt, MD, Santosha Vardhana, MD, PhD, Konstantina Matsoukas, MLIS, Lisa M. Wall, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCNS, HEC-C, Maria Arevalo, RN, OCN, and Lisa C. Diamond, MD, MPH
Patients’ cultural, religious, and social norms deserve respect, but some decisions’ effects on patients’ outcomes can be unjust and ethically troubling.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E97-108. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.97.
Dr Travis Rieder discusses his own experiences with opioids and the ethical challenges of “legacy patients,” and Dr Stephanie Zaza, president of the American College of Preventive Medicine, discusses the future of opioid research priorities.
John is one patient-sitter whose cancer and portraiture experiences illuminate what it means to witness, to express regard for another’s difficult health and health care experiences.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E470-475. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.470.
Lisa is one patient-sitter who took comfort in the permanence of portraiture amidst the uncertainties of tongue cancer. Her experience offers an abundance of lessons for art and healing.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E482-487. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.482.
Mark Gilbert, PhD, Regina Idoate, PhD, Michele Marie Desmarais, PhD, and William M. Lydiatt, MD, MBA
Anthony is one patient-sitter whose experience of head and neck cancer diagnosis, surgery, and recovery suggests how silence is ethically, artistically, and clinically significant.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E488-498. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.488.
Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E93-101. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.93.