Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 Dec 2020 Bringing Dying Out of the Hospital’s Closet Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA A patient’s transition from “living” to “dying” is not socially marked in the same way death is marked, and this is both clinically and ethically relevant. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1062-1066. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1062. 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. 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. Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Invisibility of “Gender Dysphoria” Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBE and Nora L. Jones, PhD Fostering transgender patients’ sense of agency should be a clinical and ethical priority. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E557-562. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.557. Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582. 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 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
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 Dec 2020 Bringing Dying Out of the Hospital’s Closet Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA A patient’s transition from “living” to “dying” is not socially marked in the same way death is marked, and this is both clinically and ethically relevant. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1062-1066. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1062.
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.
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.
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Invisibility of “Gender Dysphoria” Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBE and Nora L. Jones, PhD Fostering transgender patients’ sense of agency should be a clinical and ethical priority. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E557-562. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.557.
Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582.
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.