Workplace wellness programs contribute to the wellness movement by enlisting nontraditional health partners and influencing social determinants of health.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):393-398. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit1-1604.
Framing discussions of ALS around the disease rather than the psychologically complex person with the disease focuses attention on symptoms and imagined outcomes rather than patients’ coping strategies and quality of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(6):530-534. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.nlit2-1506.
Instead of trying to reduce the number of people who have access to a patient's medical record by quarantining information, hospitals should explain the current meaning of confidentiality to patients as part of the informed consent process.
A review of three journal articles shows the significant impact that poverty has on physical and mental health status, as well as all causes of mortality.