Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Art of Medicine Dec 2019 Sunset Antonio Yaghy, MD This image aims to promote reflection about patients’ feelings of sadness, despair, helplessness, and uncertainty upon being diagnosed. AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(12):E1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1103. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553. AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139. Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606. Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603. Health Law Mar 2017 Strategies for Acing the Fundamentals and Mitigating Legal and Ethical Consequences of Poor Physician-Patient Communication MaryKatherine Brueck and Angelique M. Salib, JD Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients. AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(3):289-295. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.hlaw1-1703. Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005; 7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508. Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Art of Medicine Dec 2019 Sunset Antonio Yaghy, MD This image aims to promote reflection about patients’ feelings of sadness, despair, helplessness, and uncertainty upon being diagnosed. AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(12):E1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1103.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553.
AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139.
Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606.
Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603.
Health Law Mar 2017 Strategies for Acing the Fundamentals and Mitigating Legal and Ethical Consequences of Poor Physician-Patient Communication MaryKatherine Brueck and Angelique M. Salib, JD Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients. AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(3):289-295. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.hlaw1-1703.
Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005; 7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508.
Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612.