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 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. Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. AMA Code Says Dec 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions About End-of-Life Care and Death Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB This article considers relevant history that informs the AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions about neurological criteria for death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1025-1026. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1025. Medical Education Jan 2021 Teaching Health Professions Students About the Holocaust William S. Silvers, MD, Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, Mark A. Levine, MD, and Meleah Himber, MEd One health professions school views the Holocaust as fundamental content knowledge in modern health care ethics, but teaching it is difficult. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E26-30. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.26. Medical Education Jan 2021 How Should Students Learn About Contemporary Implications of Health Professionals’ Roles in the Holocaust? Robert Baker, PhD The Nuremberg Code, the World Medical Association’s declarations of Geneva and Helsinki, and the Belmont Report share an origin in the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E31-37. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.31. State of the Art and Science Jan 2021 How Should We Regard Information Gathered in Nazi Experiments? Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Immorally acquired information, from Nazi experimentation or other sources, infects the body of scientific and biomedical knowledge. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E55-58. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.55. Medicine and Society Jan 2021 Teaching Hard Truths About Medicine and the Holocaust Tessa Chelouche, MD The Holocaust differs from other instances of mass murder in that it was medically sanctioned genocide. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E59-63. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.59. Viewpoint Jan 2021 A Call to Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, in All Health Science Schools Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH and William S. Silvers, MD Health professions educators can express respect for the Holocaust’s legacies in health care in many ways. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E75-77. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.75. 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. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … 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 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.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
AMA Code Says Dec 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions About End-of-Life Care and Death Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB This article considers relevant history that informs the AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions about neurological criteria for death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1025-1026. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1025.
Medical Education Jan 2021 Teaching Health Professions Students About the Holocaust William S. Silvers, MD, Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, Mark A. Levine, MD, and Meleah Himber, MEd One health professions school views the Holocaust as fundamental content knowledge in modern health care ethics, but teaching it is difficult. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E26-30. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.26.
Medical Education Jan 2021 How Should Students Learn About Contemporary Implications of Health Professionals’ Roles in the Holocaust? Robert Baker, PhD The Nuremberg Code, the World Medical Association’s declarations of Geneva and Helsinki, and the Belmont Report share an origin in the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E31-37. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.31.
State of the Art and Science Jan 2021 How Should We Regard Information Gathered in Nazi Experiments? Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Immorally acquired information, from Nazi experimentation or other sources, infects the body of scientific and biomedical knowledge. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E55-58. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.55.
Medicine and Society Jan 2021 Teaching Hard Truths About Medicine and the Holocaust Tessa Chelouche, MD The Holocaust differs from other instances of mass murder in that it was medically sanctioned genocide. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E59-63. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.59.
Viewpoint Jan 2021 A Call to Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, in All Health Science Schools Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH and William S. Silvers, MD Health professions educators can express respect for the Holocaust’s legacies in health care in many ways. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E75-77. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.75.
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.