Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. 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. 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 Jan 2016 Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from Patients? Benjamin D. Long and Andrew G. Shuman, MD A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):6-11. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas1-1601. In the Literature Oct 2018 Why Marginalization, Not Vulnerability, Can Best Identify People in Need of Special Medical and Nutrition Care Alexis K. Walker, PhD and Elizabeth L. Fox, PhD Focusing on social processes contributing to marginalization can help clinicians and policy makers mitigate food insecurity risk through improved patient-centered care. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(10):E941-947. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.941. Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. 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. Medicine and Society Nov 2019 What Hand Transplantation Teaches Us About Embodiment Brock Bahler, PhD Current QoL conversations in HTx could be enhanced by a phenomenological account of temporality, embodiment, and intersubjectivity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E996-1002. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.996. 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. 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 »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
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.
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 Jan 2016 Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from Patients? Benjamin D. Long and Andrew G. Shuman, MD A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):6-11. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas1-1601.
In the Literature Oct 2018 Why Marginalization, Not Vulnerability, Can Best Identify People in Need of Special Medical and Nutrition Care Alexis K. Walker, PhD and Elizabeth L. Fox, PhD Focusing on social processes contributing to marginalization can help clinicians and policy makers mitigate food insecurity risk through improved patient-centered care. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(10):E941-947. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.941.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
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.
Medicine and Society Nov 2019 What Hand Transplantation Teaches Us About Embodiment Brock Bahler, PhD Current QoL conversations in HTx could be enhanced by a phenomenological account of temporality, embodiment, and intersubjectivity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E996-1002. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.996.
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.