Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2020 How Should Adolescent Health Decision-Making Authority Be Shared? Kimberly Sawyer, MD and Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA Shared decision making is complex with patients who are adolescents, whose relational autonomy is still emerging. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E372-379. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.372. Case and Commentary Mar 2016 Ethical Challenges for the Medical Expert Witness Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Medical expert witnesses are ethically and legally obligated to provide honest testimony that meets the standards of the Daubert test. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):201-208. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas1-1603. 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. 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. History of Medicine Apr 2022 Why Restoring Birth as Ceremony Can Promote Health Equity Marinah V. Farrell Until the mid-20th century, birth in the United States for Latinx Indigenous peoples was an ancestral ceremony guided by midwives and traditional healers. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326. 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. Medicine and Society Jun 2022 Traumatic Imagination in Traditional Stories of Gender-Based Violence Ayesha Ahmad, PhD, Lida Ahmad, MA, Shazana Andrabi, MA, Lobna Ben Salem, PhD, Peter Hughes, MBBS, Jenevieve Mannell, PhD, Sharli Anne Paphitis, PhD, and Gamze Senyurek, MA Storytelling can confer some protection from stigma to individual women in Turkish and Afghan societies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E530-534. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.530. 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. History of Medicine Apr 2022 Por qué restaurar el parto como una ceremonia puede promover la equidad sanitaria Marinah V. Farrell AMA J Ethics. 2022;E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326. 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 »
Case and Commentary May 2020 How Should Adolescent Health Decision-Making Authority Be Shared? Kimberly Sawyer, MD and Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA Shared decision making is complex with patients who are adolescents, whose relational autonomy is still emerging. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E372-379. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.372.
Case and Commentary Mar 2016 Ethical Challenges for the Medical Expert Witness Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Medical expert witnesses are ethically and legally obligated to provide honest testimony that meets the standards of the Daubert test. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):201-208. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas1-1603.
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.
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.
History of Medicine Apr 2022 Why Restoring Birth as Ceremony Can Promote Health Equity Marinah V. Farrell Until the mid-20th century, birth in the United States for Latinx Indigenous peoples was an ancestral ceremony guided by midwives and traditional healers. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326.
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.
Medicine and Society Jun 2022 Traumatic Imagination in Traditional Stories of Gender-Based Violence Ayesha Ahmad, PhD, Lida Ahmad, MA, Shazana Andrabi, MA, Lobna Ben Salem, PhD, Peter Hughes, MBBS, Jenevieve Mannell, PhD, Sharli Anne Paphitis, PhD, and Gamze Senyurek, MA Storytelling can confer some protection from stigma to individual women in Turkish and Afghan societies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E530-534. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.530.
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.
History of Medicine Apr 2022 Por qué restaurar el parto como una ceremonia puede promover la equidad sanitaria Marinah V. Farrell AMA J Ethics. 2022;E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326.