Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111. Case and Commentary Mar 2022 Why Professionalism Demands Abolition of Carceral Approaches to Patients’ Nonadherence Behaviors Nhi Tran, MD, MPH, Aminta Kouyate, and Monica U. Hahn, MD, MPH, MS Patients’ adherence to recommendations can unjustly influence their candidacy for a current intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E181-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.181. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? Nathaniel Sharadin, PhD, MA Ethical and practical problems with preference modeling can undermine how reliably predictors can be used in high-stakes decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E566-574. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.566. Case and Commentary Feb 2022 ¿Cómo deben los médicos determinar la disposición de un paciente traumatizado para regresar al trabajo? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111. Case and Commentary Mar 2022 Por qué el profesionalismo exige la abolición de los enfoques carcelarios en los comportamientos de no adhesión de los pacientes Nhi Tran, MD, MPH, Aminta Kouyate, and Monica U. Hahn, MD, MPH, MS AMA J Ethics. 2022;E181-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.181. Case and Commentary Dec 2022 Decision Aids, Doorknob Moments, and Physician-Patient Solidarity in EDs Emily Shearer, MD, MPP, MSc and Jay Baruch, MD How should clinicians cultivate relationships with technology so it functions in solidarity with patients? AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1129-1134. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1129. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 Underrecognition of Dysmenorrhea Is an Iatrogenic Harm Zainab Doleeb, MD, Liam G. McCoy, MD, MSc, Jazleen Dada, MBChB, and Catherine Allaire, MD Underrecognition and lack of awareness about how to help patients with painful menstruation constitute injustice and a health care harm. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E740-747. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.740. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 Which Concerns Deserve Consideration in Dietary Counseling of Patients Earning Low Incomes? Laura Williamson, PhD and Lee Merchen, MD When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E244-250. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.244. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Case and Commentary Mar 2022 Why Professionalism Demands Abolition of Carceral Approaches to Patients’ Nonadherence Behaviors Nhi Tran, MD, MPH, Aminta Kouyate, and Monica U. Hahn, MD, MPH, MS Patients’ adherence to recommendations can unjustly influence their candidacy for a current intervention. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E181-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.181.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? Nathaniel Sharadin, PhD, MA Ethical and practical problems with preference modeling can undermine how reliably predictors can be used in high-stakes decisions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E566-574. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.566.
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 ¿Cómo deben los médicos determinar la disposición de un paciente traumatizado para regresar al trabajo? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Case and Commentary Mar 2022 Por qué el profesionalismo exige la abolición de los enfoques carcelarios en los comportamientos de no adhesión de los pacientes Nhi Tran, MD, MPH, Aminta Kouyate, and Monica U. Hahn, MD, MPH, MS AMA J Ethics. 2022;E181-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.181.
Case and Commentary Dec 2022 Decision Aids, Doorknob Moments, and Physician-Patient Solidarity in EDs Emily Shearer, MD, MPP, MSc and Jay Baruch, MD How should clinicians cultivate relationships with technology so it functions in solidarity with patients? AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(12):E1129-1134. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1129.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 Underrecognition of Dysmenorrhea Is an Iatrogenic Harm Zainab Doleeb, MD, Liam G. McCoy, MD, MSc, Jazleen Dada, MBChB, and Catherine Allaire, MD Underrecognition and lack of awareness about how to help patients with painful menstruation constitute injustice and a health care harm. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E740-747. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.740.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 Which Concerns Deserve Consideration in Dietary Counseling of Patients Earning Low Incomes? Laura Williamson, PhD and Lee Merchen, MD When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E244-250. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.244.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861.