Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. AMA Code Says Mar 2017 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Language and Hierarchy in Medicine Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to language and hierarchy in medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):260-262. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.coet1-1703. Medical Education Mar 2017 Language-Based Inequity in Health Care: Who Is the “Poor Historian”? Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH and Chijioke Nze Students and residents might not fully use available interpreter services due to time pressures and a lack of incentives from supervisors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):263-271. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.medu1-1703. Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703. Podcast Mar 2017 Ethics Talk: Responding to Language Barriers in Health Care - An Interview with Dr. Donald A. Barr AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Zujaja Tauqeer, a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, interviewed Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, about caring for patients with limited English language and health literacy schools. Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Clinicians’ Obligations to Use Qualified Medical Interpreters When Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Vonessa Phillips Costa, and Priyank Jain, MD Access to language services is required when caring for patients with limited English proficiency. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):245-252. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas2-1703. Case and Commentary Jun 2003 Diagnosis: Inadequate Cross-Cultural Communication Anne R. Su Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):205-207. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.ccas2-0306. Medicine and Society Jun 2003 The ABCs of Empowered Communication: A Community-Based Intervention for Patients Derrel Zeno, Coreen Domingo, Anh Tran, Frank Martin, Kimberly O'Malley, Paul Haidet, Richard Street, and Carol Ashton Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):228-233. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.msoc1-0306. In the Literature May 2003 Does Medical Uncertainty Justify Medical Paternalism? Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):170-173. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.jdsc1-0305. Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
AMA Code Says Mar 2017 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Language and Hierarchy in Medicine Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to language and hierarchy in medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):260-262. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.coet1-1703.
Medical Education Mar 2017 Language-Based Inequity in Health Care: Who Is the “Poor Historian”? Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH and Chijioke Nze Students and residents might not fully use available interpreter services due to time pressures and a lack of incentives from supervisors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):263-271. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.medu1-1703.
Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703.
Podcast Mar 2017 Ethics Talk: Responding to Language Barriers in Health Care - An Interview with Dr. Donald A. Barr AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Zujaja Tauqeer, a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, interviewed Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, about caring for patients with limited English language and health literacy schools.
Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Clinicians’ Obligations to Use Qualified Medical Interpreters When Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Vonessa Phillips Costa, and Priyank Jain, MD Access to language services is required when caring for patients with limited English proficiency. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):245-252. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas2-1703.
Case and Commentary Jun 2003 Diagnosis: Inadequate Cross-Cultural Communication Anne R. Su Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):205-207. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.ccas2-0306.
Medicine and Society Jun 2003 The ABCs of Empowered Communication: A Community-Based Intervention for Patients Derrel Zeno, Coreen Domingo, Anh Tran, Frank Martin, Kimberly O'Malley, Paul Haidet, Richard Street, and Carol Ashton Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):228-233. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.msoc1-0306.
In the Literature May 2003 Does Medical Uncertainty Justify Medical Paternalism? Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):170-173. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.jdsc1-0305.
Case and Commentary Oct 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745.