Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Feb 2020 Can International Patent Law Help Mitigate Cancer Inequity in LMICs? Srividya Ragavan, SJD and Amaka Vanni, PhD Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E102-111. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.102. Personal Narrative Jul 2022 Imprints of “Scanxiety” Rachel Mindrup, MFA The days leading up to and waiting for the results of magnetic resonance imaging sessions are anxiety-inducing. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E685-693. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.685. Health Law Sep 2022 A Case for Federal Labor Legislation to Protect Underpaid Home Care Workers Amanda Gray Rendón, PhD The National Domestic Workers Alliance continues to organize around adequate labor protections for members, including care workers. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E860-866. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.860. Health Law Jan 2023 Using Civil Rights Law to Undermine Profitability of Ongoing Racial Segregation in Health Care Nisha Agarwal, JD This article considers 1990s and 2000s-era civil rights complaints in NYC and offers legal strategies for scaling health outcomes improvement nationwide. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E48-54. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.48. Personal Narrative Sep 2004 Physicians Speak Out for Health and Human Rights at Great Cost Holly G. Atkinson, MD and Gina Coplon-Newfield Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):427-429. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.mhum1-0409. Health Law Feb 2003 Equal Treatment for Emergency Room Patients Kari Karsjens, JD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(2):48-50. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.2.hlaw1-0302. Health Law Dec 2021 How Has American Constitutional Law Influenced Medical School Admissions and Thwarted Health Justice? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The US Supreme Court has allowed race-conscious admissions when a school’s purpose is to diversify an incoming class but not to remediate inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.953. Health Law Mar 2021 How to Apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act to Promote Health Equity in the US Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E235-239. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.235. Personal Narrative Jul 2021 The Importance of Listening in Treating Invisible Illness and Long-Haul COVID-19 Dorothy Wall, MA Overly physicalist approaches to caring for patients are not likely to help them. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E590-595. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.590. Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Health Law Feb 2020 Can International Patent Law Help Mitigate Cancer Inequity in LMICs? Srividya Ragavan, SJD and Amaka Vanni, PhD Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E102-111. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.102.
Personal Narrative Jul 2022 Imprints of “Scanxiety” Rachel Mindrup, MFA The days leading up to and waiting for the results of magnetic resonance imaging sessions are anxiety-inducing. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E685-693. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.685.
Health Law Sep 2022 A Case for Federal Labor Legislation to Protect Underpaid Home Care Workers Amanda Gray Rendón, PhD The National Domestic Workers Alliance continues to organize around adequate labor protections for members, including care workers. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E860-866. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.860.
Health Law Jan 2023 Using Civil Rights Law to Undermine Profitability of Ongoing Racial Segregation in Health Care Nisha Agarwal, JD This article considers 1990s and 2000s-era civil rights complaints in NYC and offers legal strategies for scaling health outcomes improvement nationwide. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E48-54. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.48.
Personal Narrative Sep 2004 Physicians Speak Out for Health and Human Rights at Great Cost Holly G. Atkinson, MD and Gina Coplon-Newfield Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):427-429. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.mhum1-0409.
Health Law Feb 2003 Equal Treatment for Emergency Room Patients Kari Karsjens, JD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(2):48-50. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.2.hlaw1-0302.
Health Law Dec 2021 How Has American Constitutional Law Influenced Medical School Admissions and Thwarted Health Justice? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The US Supreme Court has allowed race-conscious admissions when a school’s purpose is to diversify an incoming class but not to remediate inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.953.
Health Law Mar 2021 How to Apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act to Promote Health Equity in the US Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E235-239. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.235.
Personal Narrative Jul 2021 The Importance of Listening in Treating Invisible Illness and Long-Haul COVID-19 Dorothy Wall, MA Overly physicalist approaches to caring for patients are not likely to help them. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E590-595. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.590.
Health Law Oct 2020 Effects of Substance Use Disorder Criminalization on American Indian Pregnant Individuals Rachel Simon, MD, Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH, and Julie Chor, MD, MPH Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E862-867. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.862.