Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Mar 2020 Do Conflict of Interest Disclosures Facilitate Public Trust? Daylian M. Cain, PhD and Mohin Banker Even disclosed conflicts of interest can be dangerous in health care settings, but disclosure might not be the panacea many seem to take it to be. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E232-238. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.232. 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. 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. Viewpoint Nov 2002 Weighing the Risks of Weight-Loss Aids Colleen Danz Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):345-346. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.dykn1-0211. In the Literature Aug 2002 Who's Really Hurting? Susanna Smith Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(8):228-230. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.8.jdsc1-0208. 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. Personal Narrative Jan 2016 Taking Our Oath Seriously: Compassion for Patients Ramy Sedhom, MD Compassion for vulnerable patients is essential to the art of medicine, which has not advanced with the science of medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):69-72. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.mnar1-1601. 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. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should Pharmaceuticals Be Used as Weight Loss Interventions for Adolescents Classified as Obese by BMI? Astrid Floegel-Shetty, MA Weight loss is not a safe, effective, or permanent method of health promotion, and pharmacotherapeutical approaches pose specific risks to adolescents. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E478-495. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.478. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496. 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 »
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 Do Conflict of Interest Disclosures Facilitate Public Trust? Daylian M. Cain, PhD and Mohin Banker Even disclosed conflicts of interest can be dangerous in health care settings, but disclosure might not be the panacea many seem to take it to be. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E232-238. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.232.
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.
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.
Viewpoint Nov 2002 Weighing the Risks of Weight-Loss Aids Colleen Danz Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):345-346. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.dykn1-0211.
In the Literature Aug 2002 Who's Really Hurting? Susanna Smith Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(8):228-230. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.8.jdsc1-0208.
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.
Personal Narrative Jan 2016 Taking Our Oath Seriously: Compassion for Patients Ramy Sedhom, MD Compassion for vulnerable patients is essential to the art of medicine, which has not advanced with the science of medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):69-72. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.mnar1-1601.
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.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should Pharmaceuticals Be Used as Weight Loss Interventions for Adolescents Classified as Obese by BMI? Astrid Floegel-Shetty, MA Weight loss is not a safe, effective, or permanent method of health promotion, and pharmacotherapeutical approaches pose specific risks to adolescents. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E478-495. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.478.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496.