Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast Mar 2012 Ethics Talk: Kidney Donor-Patient Exchanges, Part II 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. Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019. Medicine and Society Feb 2016 Organ Donation as a Collective Action Problem: Ethical Considerations and Implications for Practice Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):156-162. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.msoc1-1602. Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602. AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602. In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
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.
Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019.
Medicine and Society Feb 2016 Organ Donation as a Collective Action Problem: Ethical Considerations and Implications for Practice Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):156-162. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.msoc1-1602.
Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602.
AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602.
In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674.