Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 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. 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. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
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 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.
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.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse to Care for Patients Insured by Medicare? Kaarkuzhali B. Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C This commentary on a case considers whether and to what extent refusal to care for patients insured by Medicare is a form of turfing. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E861-865. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.861.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When, If Ever, Is It Appropriate to Regard a Patient as “Too Medically Complex” for One Inpatient Service, But Not Another? David Marcus, MD, HEC-C Constraints on hospitalists and surgeons and restricted orthopedic admission criteria can exacerbate patients’ distress that comes from clinicians’ disagreements. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E873-877. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.873.