Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18. Viewpoint Dec 2019 Genome Editing, Ethics, and Politics Isabel Gabel, PhD and Jonathan Moreno, PhD Genome editing raises old questions, but CRISPR arose in a political landscape that vastly differs from the early aughts. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1105-1110. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1105. Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604. Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209. Viewpoint Sep 2022 Why the Post-Roe Era Requires Protecting Conscientious Provision as We Protect Conscientious Refusal in Health Care Isa Ryan, MD, MSc, Ashish Premkumar, MD, and Katie Watson, JD Extraordinary changes to the legal landscape of abortion care require reevaluating health professionals’ appropriation of conscience. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E906-912. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.906. Health Law May 2006 Legal Protection for Conscientious Objection by Health Professionals Allison Grady Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):327-331. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.hlaw1-0605. Viewpoint May 2006 The Growing Abuse of Conscientious Objection Rebecca J. Cook, JD, JSD and Bernard M. Dickens, LLB, LLM, PhD, LLD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):337-340. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.oped1-0605. Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Relief Organizations with Counseling Restrictions Robert D. Orr, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):814-817. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas3-0612. Viewpoint Sep 2009 Unethical Protection of Conscience: Defending the Powerful against the Weak Bernard M. Dickens, PhD, LLP Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):725-729. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped2-0909. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18.
Viewpoint Dec 2019 Genome Editing, Ethics, and Politics Isabel Gabel, PhD and Jonathan Moreno, PhD Genome editing raises old questions, but CRISPR arose in a political landscape that vastly differs from the early aughts. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1105-1110. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1105.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604.
Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209.
Viewpoint Sep 2022 Why the Post-Roe Era Requires Protecting Conscientious Provision as We Protect Conscientious Refusal in Health Care Isa Ryan, MD, MSc, Ashish Premkumar, MD, and Katie Watson, JD Extraordinary changes to the legal landscape of abortion care require reevaluating health professionals’ appropriation of conscience. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E906-912. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.906.
Health Law May 2006 Legal Protection for Conscientious Objection by Health Professionals Allison Grady Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):327-331. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.hlaw1-0605.
Viewpoint May 2006 The Growing Abuse of Conscientious Objection Rebecca J. Cook, JD, JSD and Bernard M. Dickens, LLB, LLM, PhD, LLD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):337-340. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.oped1-0605.
Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Relief Organizations with Counseling Restrictions Robert D. Orr, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):814-817. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas3-0612.
Viewpoint Sep 2009 Unethical Protection of Conscience: Defending the Powerful against the Weak Bernard M. Dickens, PhD, LLP Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):725-729. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped2-0909.