Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. Podcast Aug 2022 Ethics Talk: Avoiding Iatrogenic Harm for Dying Patients Dr Helen Chapple joins Ethics Talk to discuss the harms of poor end-of-life care and how to avoid them. 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 Dec 2020 Bringing Dying Out of the Hospital’s Closet Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA A patient’s transition from “living” to “dying” is not socially marked in the same way death is marked, and this is both clinically and ethically relevant. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1062-1066. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1062. 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 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745. Medical Education May 2023 Interprofessional Art Rounds Linda Chang, PharmD, MPH and Dawn Mosher, DNP, RN, CHSE, CNE A workshop’s emphasis on visual thinking strategies helps maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values among interprofessional team members. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.317. Medicine and Society Jun 2024 How Should Focus Be Shifted From Individual Preference to Collective Wisdom for Patients at the End of Life With Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections? Jeannie P. Cimiotti, PhD, RN, Kimberly Adams Tufts, ND, WHNP-BC, Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN, HEC-C, and Elizabeth Peter, PhD, RN Some patients’ end-of-life care plans still require good antimicrobial management. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E486-493. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.486.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
Podcast Aug 2022 Ethics Talk: Avoiding Iatrogenic Harm for Dying Patients Dr Helen Chapple joins Ethics Talk to discuss the harms of poor end-of-life care and how to avoid them.
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 Dec 2020 Bringing Dying Out of the Hospital’s Closet Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA A patient’s transition from “living” to “dying” is not socially marked in the same way death is marked, and this is both clinically and ethically relevant. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1062-1066. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1062.
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 2023 How to Draw on Narrative to Mitigate Ageism William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH, David Elkin, MD, MSL, and Art Walaszek, MD Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E745-750. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.745.
Medical Education May 2023 Interprofessional Art Rounds Linda Chang, PharmD, MPH and Dawn Mosher, DNP, RN, CHSE, CNE A workshop’s emphasis on visual thinking strategies helps maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values among interprofessional team members. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.317.
Medicine and Society Jun 2024 How Should Focus Be Shifted From Individual Preference to Collective Wisdom for Patients at the End of Life With Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections? Jeannie P. Cimiotti, PhD, RN, Kimberly Adams Tufts, ND, WHNP-BC, Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN, HEC-C, and Elizabeth Peter, PhD, RN Some patients’ end-of-life care plans still require good antimicrobial management. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E486-493. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.486.