Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. Medicine and Society Oct 2016 Why Increasing Numbers of Physicians with Disability Could Improve Care for Patients with Disability Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Expanding the numbers of physicians with disabilities would facilitate patient-centered care for those who need similar accommodations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1041-1049. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.msoc2-1610. In the Literature Jun 2017 Who Is Experiencing What Kind of Moral Distress? Distinctions for Moving from a Narrow to a Broad Definition of Moral Distress Carina Fourie, PhD A narrow definition of moral distress may mask morally relevant distinctions between types of distress and the groups experiencing it. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):578-584. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.nlit1-1706. Medicine and Society May 2010 Are Cosmetic Surgeons Complicit in Promoting Suspect Norms of Beauty? Jordan Amadio Some question whether plastic surgeons bear responsibility for promoting suspect norms of beauty, given that certain types of cosmetic enhancements reinforce common conceptions of normality that are harmful to society. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):401-405. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.msoc1-1005. In the Literature Apr 2017 Forty Years since “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient” Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD and Peter R. Gunderman, MTS Clinicians should strive to see the dignity and humanity in patients characterized as “difficult” from a psychoanalytic perspective. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):369-373. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.nlit1-1704. Medicine and Society May 2009 The Business of Healing, Then and Now Daniel N. Robinson, PhD The healer’s professional role and socioeconomic status from ancient to modern times. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(5):399-401. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.5.msoc1-0905. In the Literature Oct 2009 Coping with Religious Coping Kyle B. Brothers, MD There are limitations in survey-gathered empirical data that describe complex associations between beliefs and end-of-life medical behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):767-771. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.jdsc1-0910. Medicine and Society May 2007 Roman Catholic Ethics and the Preferential Option for the Poor Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, PhD The Catholic Church demonstrates a preferential option for the poor not only by providing charity but also by demanding justice for the poor. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):384-387. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.msoc2-0705.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
Medicine and Society Oct 2016 Why Increasing Numbers of Physicians with Disability Could Improve Care for Patients with Disability Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Expanding the numbers of physicians with disabilities would facilitate patient-centered care for those who need similar accommodations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1041-1049. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.msoc2-1610.
In the Literature Jun 2017 Who Is Experiencing What Kind of Moral Distress? Distinctions for Moving from a Narrow to a Broad Definition of Moral Distress Carina Fourie, PhD A narrow definition of moral distress may mask morally relevant distinctions between types of distress and the groups experiencing it. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):578-584. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.nlit1-1706.
Medicine and Society May 2010 Are Cosmetic Surgeons Complicit in Promoting Suspect Norms of Beauty? Jordan Amadio Some question whether plastic surgeons bear responsibility for promoting suspect norms of beauty, given that certain types of cosmetic enhancements reinforce common conceptions of normality that are harmful to society. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):401-405. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.msoc1-1005.
In the Literature Apr 2017 Forty Years since “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient” Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD and Peter R. Gunderman, MTS Clinicians should strive to see the dignity and humanity in patients characterized as “difficult” from a psychoanalytic perspective. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):369-373. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.nlit1-1704.
Medicine and Society May 2009 The Business of Healing, Then and Now Daniel N. Robinson, PhD The healer’s professional role and socioeconomic status from ancient to modern times. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(5):399-401. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.5.msoc1-0905.
In the Literature Oct 2009 Coping with Religious Coping Kyle B. Brothers, MD There are limitations in survey-gathered empirical data that describe complex associations between beliefs and end-of-life medical behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):767-771. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.jdsc1-0910.
Medicine and Society May 2007 Roman Catholic Ethics and the Preferential Option for the Poor Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, PhD The Catholic Church demonstrates a preferential option for the poor not only by providing charity but also by demanding justice for the poor. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):384-387. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.msoc2-0705.