Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 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 Feb 2023 How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse? Megan M. Letson, MD, MEd and Kristin G. Crichton, DO, MPH Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E93-99. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.93. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. 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.
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 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 Feb 2023 How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse? Megan M. Letson, MD, MEd and Kristin G. Crichton, DO, MPH Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E93-99. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.93.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
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.