Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Viewpoint Dec 2002 The Twelve Days of Christmas Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(12):370-371. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.12.dykn1-0212. Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. AMA Code Says Jul 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Unrepresented Patients Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed but not available to make health care decisions for a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E600-602. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.600. Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167. Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606. In the Literature Jul 2003 Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.jdsc1-0307. Case and Commentary Sep 2001 Obligations to Noncompliant Patients Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):289-290. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.hlaw1-0109. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Viewpoint Dec 2002 The Twelve Days of Christmas Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(12):370-371. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.12.dykn1-0212.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
AMA Code Says Jul 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Unrepresented Patients Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed but not available to make health care decisions for a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E600-602. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.600.
Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167.
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606.
In the Literature Jul 2003 Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.jdsc1-0307.
Case and Commentary Sep 2001 Obligations to Noncompliant Patients Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):289-290. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.hlaw1-0109.