Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jan 2017 Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking: Legal Consequences and Ethical Considerations Jonathan Todres, JD Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):16-22. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas2-1701. Medical Education Oct 2017 Lessons for Physicians from Flint’s Water Crisis Laura A. Carravallah, MD, Lawrence A. Reynolds, MD, and Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH Physicians with interprofessional networks and environmental health training can better respond to public health crises. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1001-1010. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.medu1-1710. State of the Art and Science Oct 2017 The Importance of Clinicians and Community Members Receiving Timely and Accurate Information about Waterborne Hazards Steven S. Coughlin, PhD and Osman Yousufzai Having current information about waterborne hazards enables physicians to understand the risks and help their patients protect themselves. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1011-1017. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.stas1-1710. In the Literature Sep 2016 Interprofessional Clinical Ethics Education: The Promise of Cross-Disciplinary Problem-Based Learning Melissa J. Kurtz, MSN, MA, RN and Laura E. Starbird, MS, RN A promising approach for medical ethics education is interprofessional, clinical ethics problem-based learning. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):917-924. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.nlit1-1609. Case and Commentary May 2016 Process Matters: Notes on Bioethics Consultation Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS and Tia Powell, MD In order to successfully resolve ethical conflicts, bioethics consultants must pay attention to process and heed stakeholders’ perspectives and values. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):485-492. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas2-1605. 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. 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. 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. Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038. Medicine and Society Dec 2020 What Does the Public Need to Know About Brain Death? Katharina M. Busl, MD, MS Public awareness of brain death is based largely on inaccurate media representations. It’s no wonder so few of us understand brain death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1047-1054. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1047. 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 Jan 2017 Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking: Legal Consequences and Ethical Considerations Jonathan Todres, JD Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):16-22. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas2-1701.
Medical Education Oct 2017 Lessons for Physicians from Flint’s Water Crisis Laura A. Carravallah, MD, Lawrence A. Reynolds, MD, and Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH Physicians with interprofessional networks and environmental health training can better respond to public health crises. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1001-1010. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.medu1-1710.
State of the Art and Science Oct 2017 The Importance of Clinicians and Community Members Receiving Timely and Accurate Information about Waterborne Hazards Steven S. Coughlin, PhD and Osman Yousufzai Having current information about waterborne hazards enables physicians to understand the risks and help their patients protect themselves. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1011-1017. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.stas1-1710.
In the Literature Sep 2016 Interprofessional Clinical Ethics Education: The Promise of Cross-Disciplinary Problem-Based Learning Melissa J. Kurtz, MSN, MA, RN and Laura E. Starbird, MS, RN A promising approach for medical ethics education is interprofessional, clinical ethics problem-based learning. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):917-924. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.nlit1-1609.
Case and Commentary May 2016 Process Matters: Notes on Bioethics Consultation Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS and Tia Powell, MD In order to successfully resolve ethical conflicts, bioethics consultants must pay attention to process and heed stakeholders’ perspectives and values. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):485-492. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas2-1605.
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.
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.
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.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.
Medicine and Society Dec 2020 What Does the Public Need to Know About Brain Death? Katharina M. Busl, MD, MS Public awareness of brain death is based largely on inaccurate media representations. It’s no wonder so few of us understand brain death. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1047-1054. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1047.