Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Jul 2021 How Pharmaceuticals Mask Health and Social Inequity Enrico G. Castillo, MD, MSHPM and Joel Tupper Braslow, MD, PhD Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible but can render individual and community suffering less visible. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E542-549. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.542. Art of Medicine Oct 2020 Paintings From Spain's COVID-19 Pandemic Teófila Vicente-Herrero, MD Artist and physician unite in a joint vision that reflects the magnitude of the pandemic and the fight for survival. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E893-897. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.893. Art of Medicine Dec 2020 A Hidden Pandemic Antonio Yaghy, MD, Lauren A. Dalvin, MD, and Carol L. Shields, MD This article features a digital photo painting of a clinician during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1067-1070. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1067. 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 Arches of St John’s Richard Wu This photograph depicts a gateway at the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal, a medieval Flemish hospital. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E812-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.812. AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602. History of Medicine Nov 2018 Ads and Labels From Early 20th-Century Health Fraud Promotions Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS In the 1910s, the American Medical Association fought quackery promoted in pamphlets for drugs and treatments for everything from teething to epilepsy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(11):E1082-1093. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1082. Case and Commentary Mar 2019 Should Hospital Emergency Departments Be Used as Revenue Streams Despite Needs to Curb Overutilization? Alex Myers, Aaron Cain, Berkeley Franz, PhD, and Daniel Skinner, PhD Using emergency departments as revenue streams could violate ethical and legal standards about hospitals’ roles in communities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E207-214. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.207. Case and Commentary Mar 2019 What Should Be the Scope of a Health Network’s Obligation to Respond After a Hospital Closure? George M. Holmes, PhD and Sharita R. Thomas, MPP Since clinics are economic hubs in some communities, consequences of a clinic closing or moving are numerous. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.215. Policy Forum Jul 2016 Protecting Pharmaceutical Patents and Test Data: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Could Affect Access to Medicines in the US and Abroad Jing Luo, MD and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect low-income patients’ access to medicines in signatory countries by reducing generic competition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):727-735. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.pfor1-1607. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 How Pharmaceuticals Mask Health and Social Inequity Enrico G. Castillo, MD, MSHPM and Joel Tupper Braslow, MD, PhD Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible but can render individual and community suffering less visible. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E542-549. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.542.
Art of Medicine Oct 2020 Paintings From Spain's COVID-19 Pandemic Teófila Vicente-Herrero, MD Artist and physician unite in a joint vision that reflects the magnitude of the pandemic and the fight for survival. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E893-897. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.893.
Art of Medicine Dec 2020 A Hidden Pandemic Antonio Yaghy, MD, Lauren A. Dalvin, MD, and Carol L. Shields, MD This article features a digital photo painting of a clinician during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1067-1070. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1067.
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 Arches of St John’s Richard Wu This photograph depicts a gateway at the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal, a medieval Flemish hospital. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E812-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.812.
AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602.
History of Medicine Nov 2018 Ads and Labels From Early 20th-Century Health Fraud Promotions Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS In the 1910s, the American Medical Association fought quackery promoted in pamphlets for drugs and treatments for everything from teething to epilepsy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(11):E1082-1093. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1082.
Case and Commentary Mar 2019 Should Hospital Emergency Departments Be Used as Revenue Streams Despite Needs to Curb Overutilization? Alex Myers, Aaron Cain, Berkeley Franz, PhD, and Daniel Skinner, PhD Using emergency departments as revenue streams could violate ethical and legal standards about hospitals’ roles in communities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E207-214. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.207.
Case and Commentary Mar 2019 What Should Be the Scope of a Health Network’s Obligation to Respond After a Hospital Closure? George M. Holmes, PhD and Sharita R. Thomas, MPP Since clinics are economic hubs in some communities, consequences of a clinic closing or moving are numerous. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.215.
Policy Forum Jul 2016 Protecting Pharmaceutical Patents and Test Data: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Could Affect Access to Medicines in the US and Abroad Jing Luo, MD and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect low-income patients’ access to medicines in signatory countries by reducing generic competition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):727-735. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.pfor1-1607.