Wejdan Bagais joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Matt Christian: “Which Data Analytics Tool Should We Use to Evaluate Risk in Upstream Drug Supply Chains?”
Nisha Quasba joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Elliot Vice: “What Should Prescribers and Policy Makers Know About US Drug Importation?”
Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Kavitha Nallathambi: “How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?”
Dr Geoff Hollett joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Jennie B. Jarrett: “How Should Resources From National Stockpiles Be Managed?”
Although measures of patient satisfaction are being used to improve patients’ hospital experience, implementing incentives based on these measures may be premature and have unintended consequences for care delivery.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(7):616-621. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.7.ecas3-1507.
Hilary Daniel joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Courtney Perlino and Dr Amy B. Cadwallader: “Which Drugs Should Be on the Essential Medicines List?”
There are few situations in which the standard of care is so clear-cut as to preclude physician judgment. Assessing the degree of need (not just the standard of care) when asking a patient to spend money requires judgment.
The causes of many health behaviors are deeply rooted in our culture, and using a counseling model that assumes individual control and responsibility for these behaviors can cause patients to feel hectored instead of helped.