Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. History of Medicine Jan 2022 Why Don’t Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Health Services? Jorie Braunold, MLIS This brief visual and narrative history explains why dentistry exists outside medicine, rather than as a specialty within it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E89-98. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.89. Case and Commentary Nov 2002 Patients Who Can't Afford Drugs, Commentary 1 Amy Haddad, PhD, RN Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):320-323. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.ccas1-0211. Case and Commentary Nov 2002 Patients Who Can't Afford Drugs, Commentary 2 Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):324-326. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.ccas1-0211. Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376. History of Medicine Nov 2017 How Co-Creation Helped Address Hierarchy, Overwhelmed Patients, and Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Quality and Safety Sigal Israilov and Hyung J. Cho, MD Co-creative health systems planning requires engaging patients and learning from peers. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(11):1139-1145. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.11.mhst1-1711. Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5. Medical Education Aug 2020 What Clinicians and Health Professions Students Should Learn About How Pharmaceutical Marketing Influences Opioid Prescribing and Patient Outcomes Michael A. Erdek, MD, MA Key policy changes would better situate clinicians to prescribe care in ways that are ethical, safe, and effective. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E681-686. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.681. Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Contraception Options Michaela Chan “Contraception Options” considers the general social and cultural expectation and norm that women’s bodies should be the sites of contraception. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E804-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.804. Case and Commentary Jan 2017 Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking: Legal Consequences and Ethical Considerations Jonathan Todres, JD Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):16-22. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas2-1701. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
History of Medicine Jan 2022 Why Don’t Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Health Services? Jorie Braunold, MLIS This brief visual and narrative history explains why dentistry exists outside medicine, rather than as a specialty within it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E89-98. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.89.
Case and Commentary Nov 2002 Patients Who Can't Afford Drugs, Commentary 1 Amy Haddad, PhD, RN Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):320-323. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.ccas1-0211.
Case and Commentary Nov 2002 Patients Who Can't Afford Drugs, Commentary 2 Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):324-326. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.ccas1-0211.
Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Needlestick Protocols Influence Documentation or Disclosure of a Patient’s HIV Status? Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes generate unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices for HIV. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E376-381. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.376.
History of Medicine Nov 2017 How Co-Creation Helped Address Hierarchy, Overwhelmed Patients, and Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Quality and Safety Sigal Israilov and Hyung J. Cho, MD Co-creative health systems planning requires engaging patients and learning from peers. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(11):1139-1145. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.11.mhst1-1711.
Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Public Health Officials Respond When Important Local Rituals Increase Risk of Contagion? Esther Mokuwa, MSc and Paul Richards, PhD, MA During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E5-9. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.5.
Medical Education Aug 2020 What Clinicians and Health Professions Students Should Learn About How Pharmaceutical Marketing Influences Opioid Prescribing and Patient Outcomes Michael A. Erdek, MD, MA Key policy changes would better situate clinicians to prescribe care in ways that are ethical, safe, and effective. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E681-686. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.681.
Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Contraception Options Michaela Chan “Contraception Options” considers the general social and cultural expectation and norm that women’s bodies should be the sites of contraception. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E804-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.804.
Case and Commentary Jan 2017 Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking: Legal Consequences and Ethical Considerations Jonathan Todres, JD Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):16-22. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas2-1701.