Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2022 How Should US Health Care Meet Latinx Community Health Needs? Chiamaka Sonubi, MD, Efren Flores, MD, and Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH This commentary considers a grocery worker reluctant to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 and treated for COVID-19 out of fear of losing his livelihood. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E261-266. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.261. Medicine and Society Apr 2022 Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296. 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. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519. Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Questioning Biomedicine’s Privileging of Disease and Measurability Camille Kroll, MA Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E537-541. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.537. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Apr 2022 How Should US Health Care Meet Latinx Community Health Needs? Chiamaka Sonubi, MD, Efren Flores, MD, and Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH This commentary considers a grocery worker reluctant to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 and treated for COVID-19 out of fear of losing his livelihood. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E261-266. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.261.
Medicine and Society Apr 2022 Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health Pilar Ortega, MD, Glenn Martínez, PhD, MPH, Marco A. Alemán, MD, Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH, and Tiffany M. Shin, MD Raciolinguistic hierarchies can undermine the quality of Latinx patients’ health experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E296-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.
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.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519.
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Questioning Biomedicine’s Privileging of Disease and Measurability Camille Kroll, MA Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E537-541. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.537.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794.