Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995. Case and Commentary Feb 2021 Advancing Health Equity by Avoiding Judgmentalism and Contextualizing Care Saul J. Weiner, MD Judgmentalism applied to patients from poor and marginalized communities exacerbates health inequity and illuminates the importance of contextualizing a patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E91-96. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.91. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Clinicians Execute Critical Force Interventions With Compassion, Not Just Harm Minimization, as a Clinical and Ethical Goal? Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD and Kishore Nagaraja, MD Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E292-297. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.292. 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. 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 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. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Shedding Privacy Along with our Genetic Material: What Constitutes Adequate Legal Protection against Surreptitious Genetic Testing? Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBioethics Law doesn’t always adequately address unauthorized uses of individuals’ DNA. Ethics can help establish legal privacy protections that work. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):264-271. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor2-1603. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 How Should Clinicians Respond When Patients’ Loved Ones Do Not See “Brain Death” as Death? Rabbi Jason Weiner, DBioethics and Rabbi Charles Sheer, MA, BCC Religious and cultural values can conflict with clinical standard practice and law. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E995-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.995.
Case and Commentary Feb 2021 Advancing Health Equity by Avoiding Judgmentalism and Contextualizing Care Saul J. Weiner, MD Judgmentalism applied to patients from poor and marginalized communities exacerbates health inequity and illuminates the importance of contextualizing a patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E91-96. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.91.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Clinicians Execute Critical Force Interventions With Compassion, Not Just Harm Minimization, as a Clinical and Ethical Goal? Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD and Kishore Nagaraja, MD Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E292-297. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.292.
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.
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 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.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Shedding Privacy Along with our Genetic Material: What Constitutes Adequate Legal Protection against Surreptitious Genetic Testing? Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBioethics Law doesn’t always adequately address unauthorized uses of individuals’ DNA. Ethics can help establish legal privacy protections that work. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):264-271. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor2-1603.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919.