Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167. Case and Commentary Mar 2005 Transition of Care Jonathan Spahr, MD and Don Hayes, Jr, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):218-221. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.ccas3-0503. Case and Commentary Dec 2016 Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research Joseph J. Fins, MD Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1182-1191. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas2-1612. Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606. State of the Art and Science Aug 2004 Diagnosing The Permanent Vegetative State Ronald Cranford, MD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):350-352. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.cprl1-0408. Health Law Aug 2004 Words Count as Much as Deeds Leah Eisenberg and Melissa Junge, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):353-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.hlaw1-0408. Case and Commentary May 2016 Process Matters: Notes on Bioethics Consultation Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS and Tia Powell, MD In order to successfully resolve ethical conflicts, bioethics consultants must pay attention to process and heed stakeholders’ perspectives and values. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):485-492. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas2-1605. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. 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. Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167.
Case and Commentary Mar 2005 Transition of Care Jonathan Spahr, MD and Don Hayes, Jr, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):218-221. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.ccas3-0503.
Case and Commentary Dec 2016 Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research Joseph J. Fins, MD Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1182-1191. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas2-1612.
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2004 Diagnosing The Permanent Vegetative State Ronald Cranford, MD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):350-352. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.cprl1-0408.
Health Law Aug 2004 Words Count as Much as Deeds Leah Eisenberg and Melissa Junge, MBA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):353-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.hlaw1-0408.
Case and Commentary May 2016 Process Matters: Notes on Bioethics Consultation Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS and Tia Powell, MD In order to successfully resolve ethical conflicts, bioethics consultants must pay attention to process and heed stakeholders’ perspectives and values. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):485-492. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas2-1605.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
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.
Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019.