Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298. Original Research Jan 2022 Using GIS to Analyze Inequality in Access to Dental Care in the District of Columbia Jennita Davis, Meirong Liu, PhD, Dennis Kao, PhD, Xinbin Gu, MD, PhD, and Gail Cherry-Peppers, DDS, MS High-resolution geographic information system tools map all general dentistry and periodontal practice locations as key sources of health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E41-47. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.41 Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99. 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 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. AMA Code Says Oct 2021 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Palliative Surgical Care Shreya Budhiraja Guidance about sedation to unconsciousness and medically ineffective interventions can be applied to surgical palliation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E811-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.811. AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940. Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298.
Original Research Jan 2022 Using GIS to Analyze Inequality in Access to Dental Care in the District of Columbia Jennita Davis, Meirong Liu, PhD, Dennis Kao, PhD, Xinbin Gu, MD, PhD, and Gail Cherry-Peppers, DDS, MS High-resolution geographic information system tools map all general dentistry and periodontal practice locations as key sources of health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E41-47. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.41
Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99.
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 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.
AMA Code Says Oct 2021 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Palliative Surgical Care Shreya Budhiraja Guidance about sedation to unconsciousness and medically ineffective interventions can be applied to surgical palliation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E811-813. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.811.
AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940.
Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933.