Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Letter to the Editor May 2020 Response to “Ethics and Linguistics of ‘Domestic Global Health’ Experience” Sural Shah, MD, MPH Parallels between domestic and international education experiences reiterate emphasis on service. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E462-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.462. Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606. Art of Medicine Jan 2020 Worlds Apart Tamera Means, MD, MHS Two photographs of caregivers walking through a Honduran jungle to visit patients in their homes literally and figuratively represent barriers to health care access. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E63-65. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.63. Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164. 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 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. 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 »
Letter to the Editor May 2020 Response to “Ethics and Linguistics of ‘Domestic Global Health’ Experience” Sural Shah, MD, MPH Parallels between domestic and international education experiences reiterate emphasis on service. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E462-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.462.
Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606.
Art of Medicine Jan 2020 Worlds Apart Tamera Means, MD, MHS Two photographs of caregivers walking through a Honduran jungle to visit patients in their homes literally and figuratively represent barriers to health care access. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E63-65. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.63.
Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164.
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 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.