Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent History of Medicine May 2020 What Does the Evolution From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making Teach Us About Authority in Health Care? James F. Childress, PhD and Marcia Day Childress, PhD Reliance on disclosure rather than understanding has prompted shared decision making and represents an important cultural change in clinical practice. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(5):E423-429. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.423. Case and Commentary Apr 2020 How Should Trainees’ Influences on Postoperative Outcomes Be Disclosed? Rhashedah Ekeoduru, MD Two pediatric cases highlight risks of prolonging anesthetic exposure for training purposes and prompt questions about influences of surgical training on outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(4):E267-275. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.267. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602. Medical Education Aug 2020 What Clinicians and Health Professions Students Should Learn About How Pharmaceutical Marketing Influences Opioid Prescribing and Patient Outcomes Michael A. Erdek, MD, MA Key policy changes would better situate clinicians to prescribe care in ways that are ethical, safe, and effective. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(8):E681-686. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.681. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602. Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603. Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813. In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023; 25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023; 25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472. 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 »
History of Medicine May 2020 What Does the Evolution From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making Teach Us About Authority in Health Care? James F. Childress, PhD and Marcia Day Childress, PhD Reliance on disclosure rather than understanding has prompted shared decision making and represents an important cultural change in clinical practice. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(5):E423-429. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.423.
Case and Commentary Apr 2020 How Should Trainees’ Influences on Postoperative Outcomes Be Disclosed? Rhashedah Ekeoduru, MD Two pediatric cases highlight risks of prolonging anesthetic exposure for training purposes and prompt questions about influences of surgical training on outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(4):E267-275. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.267.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602.
Medical Education Aug 2020 What Clinicians and Health Professions Students Should Learn About How Pharmaceutical Marketing Influences Opioid Prescribing and Patient Outcomes Michael A. Erdek, MD, MA Key policy changes would better situate clinicians to prescribe care in ways that are ethical, safe, and effective. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(8):E681-686. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.681.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602.
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603.
Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813.
In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023; 25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023; 25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472.