Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Nov 2021 Four Ways to Limit Use of Force in Care of Persons Experiencing Homelessness Mary L. Tornabene, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC and Alyssa S. Tornabene, RN Involuntary commitment is often traumatic and can fracture already fragile relationships persons experiencing homeless have. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E869-874. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.869. Case and Commentary Nov 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Homeless Trauma Survivors Make Irreversible Surgical Care Decisions? Eva V. Regel, MS, MSW, LICSW, MBE Neurophysiological sequelae of childhood trauma can express later in the lives of patients experiencing homelessness, especially during informed consent. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E847-851. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.847. Medicine and Society Nov 2021 Summer Without Shelter in Tampa During COVID-19 Madeline J. Hooper, Lauren C. Linkowski, Lynette Menezes, PhD, and Jordan Messler, MD Sheltering in place is impossible for persons to whom “safer at home” does not apply. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E898-904. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.898. Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862. Policy Forum Aug 2020 Advocacy and Action to End the Opioid Epidemic by the AMA Opioid Task Force Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA and Bobby Mukkamala, MD Six recommendations focus on specific actions to help reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E718-722. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.718. Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773. Art of Medicine Sep 2020 High Stakes, Serious Noticing Aldis H. Petriceks Behind the immediate pathophysiology of a medical condition often lies the emotional turmoil of an uncertain patient. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E808-811. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.808. Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Ageism as a Species of Bias Elisabeth Miller, MD Good health care for elders requires acute ethical attention to the role of ageism as a pervasive source of bias. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E814-815. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.814. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Current page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Nov 2021 Four Ways to Limit Use of Force in Care of Persons Experiencing Homelessness Mary L. Tornabene, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC and Alyssa S. Tornabene, RN Involuntary commitment is often traumatic and can fracture already fragile relationships persons experiencing homeless have. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E869-874. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.869.
Case and Commentary Nov 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Homeless Trauma Survivors Make Irreversible Surgical Care Decisions? Eva V. Regel, MS, MSW, LICSW, MBE Neurophysiological sequelae of childhood trauma can express later in the lives of patients experiencing homelessness, especially during informed consent. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E847-851. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.847.
Medicine and Society Nov 2021 Summer Without Shelter in Tampa During COVID-19 Madeline J. Hooper, Lauren C. Linkowski, Lynette Menezes, PhD, and Jordan Messler, MD Sheltering in place is impossible for persons to whom “safer at home” does not apply. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E898-904. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.898.
Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862.
Policy Forum Aug 2020 Advocacy and Action to End the Opioid Epidemic by the AMA Opioid Task Force Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA and Bobby Mukkamala, MD Six recommendations focus on specific actions to help reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E718-722. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.718.
Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773.
Art of Medicine Sep 2020 High Stakes, Serious Noticing Aldis H. Petriceks Behind the immediate pathophysiology of a medical condition often lies the emotional turmoil of an uncertain patient. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E808-811. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.808.
Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Ageism as a Species of Bias Elisabeth Miller, MD Good health care for elders requires acute ethical attention to the role of ageism as a pervasive source of bias. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E814-815. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.814.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655.