Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18. Case and Commentary Feb 2021 Advancing Health Equity by Avoiding Judgmentalism and Contextualizing Care Saul J. Weiner, MD Judgmentalism applied to patients from poor and marginalized communities exacerbates health inequity and illuminates the importance of contextualizing a patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E91-96. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.91. Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175. Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Voting for Our Health, in Color Alicia Yvonne Christy, MD, MS This watercolor painting looks to our 20th-century ancestors who fought to establish their, and many of our, voting rights. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E206-207. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.206. Medicine and Society Apr 2016 Reproductive Rights and Access to Reproductive Services for Women with Disabilities Anita Silvers, PhD, Leslie Francis, JD, PhD, and Brittany Badesch Women with disabilities may be prevented access to reproductive medicine due to discrimination and mistaken assumptions about disabled people. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):430-437. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.msoc1-1604. Case and Commentary Mar 2021 Can Indian Health Service Referrals for Nonemergent Care Be Allocated Equitably? Hannah Wenger, MD and Jo Henderson-Frost, MD Injustice is endemic to IHS operations when its stewards are forced to defer payment for patients’ nonemergent care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.215. Health Law Mar 2021 How to Apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act to Promote Health Equity in the US Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E235-239. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.235. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 Who Should Implement Force When It’s Needed and How Should It Be Done Compassionately? Matthew Lin, MD Covert medication administration might be as forceful as physical or chemical restraint for patients lacking insight. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E311-317. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.311. Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Current page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18.
Case and Commentary Feb 2021 Advancing Health Equity by Avoiding Judgmentalism and Contextualizing Care Saul J. Weiner, MD Judgmentalism applied to patients from poor and marginalized communities exacerbates health inequity and illuminates the importance of contextualizing a patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E91-96. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.91.
Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175.
Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Voting for Our Health, in Color Alicia Yvonne Christy, MD, MS This watercolor painting looks to our 20th-century ancestors who fought to establish their, and many of our, voting rights. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E206-207. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.206.
Medicine and Society Apr 2016 Reproductive Rights and Access to Reproductive Services for Women with Disabilities Anita Silvers, PhD, Leslie Francis, JD, PhD, and Brittany Badesch Women with disabilities may be prevented access to reproductive medicine due to discrimination and mistaken assumptions about disabled people. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):430-437. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.msoc1-1604.
Case and Commentary Mar 2021 Can Indian Health Service Referrals for Nonemergent Care Be Allocated Equitably? Hannah Wenger, MD and Jo Henderson-Frost, MD Injustice is endemic to IHS operations when its stewards are forced to defer payment for patients’ nonemergent care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.215.
Health Law Mar 2021 How to Apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act to Promote Health Equity in the US Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E235-239. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.235.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 Who Should Implement Force When It’s Needed and How Should It Be Done Compassionately? Matthew Lin, MD Covert medication administration might be as forceful as physical or chemical restraint for patients lacking insight. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E311-317. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.311.
Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376.