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 Feb 2016 Organ Donation as a Collective Action Problem: Ethical Considerations and Implications for Practice Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):156-162. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.msoc1-1602. Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175. Viewpoint Jan 2021 The Nazi Analogy Muddles Our Thinking About Physician Aid-in-Dying in the US Holland M. Kaplan, MD Carefully distinguishing between when the Nazi analogy is aptly applied and when it is not is key to ongoing PAD legalization deliberations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E78-81. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.78 Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99. 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. Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602. AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602. In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 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 Feb 2016 Organ Donation as a Collective Action Problem: Ethical Considerations and Implications for Practice Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):156-162. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.msoc1-1602.
Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175.
Viewpoint Jan 2021 The Nazi Analogy Muddles Our Thinking About Physician Aid-in-Dying in the US Holland M. Kaplan, MD Carefully distinguishing between when the Nazi analogy is aptly applied and when it is not is key to ongoing PAD legalization deliberations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E78-81. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.78
Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99.
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.
Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602.
AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602.
In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602.