Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Patients Who Receive Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual Assault Be Considered for Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV? Michela Blain, MD and Julia C. Dombrowski, MD, MPH Patient-centered care means offering potentially beneficial interventions while avoiding retraumatizing a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E388-393. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.388. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 When Imaging Data Contradict a Patient’s Self-report, How Should Clinicians Proceed? Joyeeta G. Dastidar, MD, MS, HEC-C Patients’ perceptions of how much input they have in making health decisions influence therapeutic alliance and outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E524-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.524. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530. Case and Commentary Sep 2021 What Do Clinicians and Organizations Owe Patients With Recalled Implanted Devices or Materials? Michele A. Manahan, MD, MBA Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma and breast implant illness have prompted recalls of implants. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E679-684. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.679. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2021 Should Patients Who Receive Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual Assault Be Considered for Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV? Michela Blain, MD and Julia C. Dombrowski, MD, MPH Patient-centered care means offering potentially beneficial interventions while avoiding retraumatizing a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(5):E388-393. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.388.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 When Imaging Data Contradict a Patient’s Self-report, How Should Clinicians Proceed? Joyeeta G. Dastidar, MD, MS, HEC-C Patients’ perceptions of how much input they have in making health decisions influence therapeutic alliance and outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E524-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.524.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530.
Case and Commentary Sep 2021 What Do Clinicians and Organizations Owe Patients With Recalled Implanted Devices or Materials? Michele A. Manahan, MD, MBA Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma and breast implant illness have prompted recalls of implants. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E679-684. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.679.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794.