Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519. Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Questioning Biomedicine’s Privileging of Disease and Measurability Camille Kroll, MA Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E537-541. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.537. Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602. Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862. Medicine and Society Oct 2020 Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans Vikas Gampa, MD, Kenneth Bernard, MD, MBA, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS “Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E874-881. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.874. Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602. Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Ageism as a Species of Bias Elisabeth Miller, MD Good health care for elders requires acute ethical attention to the role of ageism as a pervasive source of bias. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E814-815. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.814. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519.
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 Questioning Biomedicine’s Privileging of Disease and Measurability Camille Kroll, MA Adhering too strictly to biomedical thinking about diagnosis can prevent clinicians from empathically engaging with patients and helping them navigate their illness experiences. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E537-541. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.537.
Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602.
Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862.
Medicine and Society Oct 2020 Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans Vikas Gampa, MD, Kenneth Bernard, MD, MBA, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS “Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E874-881. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.874.
Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602.
Art of Medicine Sep 2020 Ageism as a Species of Bias Elisabeth Miller, MD Good health care for elders requires acute ethical attention to the role of ageism as a pervasive source of bias. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E814-815. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.814.