The risks of misinformation being spread through online patient forums can be mitigated by communication strategies aimed at physicians and organizations.
AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(11):1088-1095. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.11.ecas3-1711.
When responding to an ad for a job caring for patient-detainees along the US southern border, applicants should anticipate the need to navigate dual loyalties.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(1):E12-17. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.12.
Force feeding, unnecessary x-rays, misusing health information, and discharging unstable patients are classic dual-loyalty dilemmas reminiscent of the Holocaust.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(1):E38-45. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.38.
Some refugees’ illness experiences preclude them from testifying and accurately representing their own interests during asylum adjudication proceedings.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(2):E132-139. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.132.
Clinicians must avoid violating professional ethical principles and patients’ legal rights and they may not ever discriminate. So, what does that mean in practice?
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):229-236. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.ecas4-1603.
Mary Anderlik Majumder, JD, PhD and Christi J. Guerrini, JD
Amendments to the Common Rule and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) raise questions about broad consent and sale of health data.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):288-298. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor5-1603.
Carlos Martinez, MPH, Lauren Carruth, PhD, Hannah Janeway, MD, Lahra Smith, PhD, Katharine M. Donato, PhD, Carlos Piñones-Rivera, PhD, James Quesada, PhD, and Seth M. Holmes, MD, PhD
Transnational violence has been created by international policy, militaristic interventions, and multinational organizational administration of border operations.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(4):E275-282. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.275.