Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2022 Should Clinicians Be Activists? Kristen N. Pallok, MD and David A. Ansell, MD, MPH Physicians must respond with care to all patients’ health needs, even those demanding complex, expensive interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E254-260. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.254. 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 Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496. Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437.
Case and Commentary Apr 2022 Should Clinicians Be Activists? Kristen N. Pallok, MD and David A. Ansell, MD, MPH Physicians must respond with care to all patients’ health needs, even those demanding complex, expensive interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E254-260. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.254.
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 Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496.
Medicine and Society Jun 2023 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making About Genital Reconstructive Surgeries Among Intersex and Transgender Populations? Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Jessica Kremen, MD, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, LICSW, and Hannah Wenger, MD Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E437-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.437.