Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380. Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480. Personal Narrative Jun 2019 One Resident’s Recommendations for Responding to Unjust Patient Bias Christian A. Pean, MD, MS and Dionne Hart, MD An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E530-535. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.530. 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 Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. 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. Health Law Jul 2019 Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Physicians, committees, and guardians all make decisions for unrepresented patients in the US. This article considers a “tiered” approach as an alternative. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E587-593. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.587. Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617. History of Medicine Sep 2019 Volunteer Service From American Physicians During the Vietnam War Kelsey Walsh, MA The Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam Program (1966-1973) influenced both physicians-in-training and the environments in which they were immersed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E806-812. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.806. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380.
Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480.
Personal Narrative Jun 2019 One Resident’s Recommendations for Responding to Unjust Patient Bias Christian A. Pean, MD, MS and Dionne Hart, MD An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E530-535. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.530.
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 Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
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.
Health Law Jul 2019 Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Physicians, committees, and guardians all make decisions for unrepresented patients in the US. This article considers a “tiered” approach as an alternative. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E587-593. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.587.
Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617.
History of Medicine Sep 2019 Volunteer Service From American Physicians During the Vietnam War Kelsey Walsh, MA The Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam Program (1966-1973) influenced both physicians-in-training and the environments in which they were immersed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E806-812. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.806.