Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135. Policy Forum Feb 2022 Por qué los enfoques no carcelarios basados en la atención para las personas detenidas con enfermedades mentales son clave para volver a confiar o no en los profesionales o la autoridad estatal Frederic G. Reamer, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E145-149. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.145. Policy Forum May 2022 What Should Dietary Supplement Oversight Look Like in the US? Elizabeth Richardson, MSc, Farzana Akkas, MSc, and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Statutory limitations prevent the FDA from effectively regulating dietary supplements and have generated numerous calls for reform. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E402-409. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.402. Policy Forum May 2022 Which Features of Dietary Supplement Industry, Product Trends, and Regulation Deserve Physicians’ Attention? Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD and AMA Council on Science and Public Health Illegal, fraudulent, adulterated, or improperly labeled products should be regarded as sources of possible clinical and ethical harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E410-418. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.410. Letter to the Editor Mar 2022 Response to “Education Solutions to the Medical-Dental Divide.” A Novel Approach to Creating Unifying Organizational Cultures in Medicine and Dentistry Carolyn A. Chan, MD and Nora Makansi, DDS, PhD Authors propose improvisational theater techniques for tighter medical/dental integration. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E247-248. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.247. Policy Forum Oct 2022 How Should Responsibility for Proper Medication Disposal Be Shared? Ladan Karim-Nejad and Kayla Pangilinan Government- and industry-funded campaigns for medication disposal do work, but responsibility often falls on local health care organizations to provide education and services. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E971-979. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.971. Policy Forum Oct 2022 Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities Susan Veldheer, DEd, RD and Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc Since health organizations offer food, they are situated at key intersections of agricultural policies and practices and public health. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E994-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.994. Policy Forum Nov 2022 If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important? Christopher Whaley, PhD and Austin Frakt, PhD Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1056-1062. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1056. Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063. Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135.
Policy Forum Feb 2022 Por qué los enfoques no carcelarios basados en la atención para las personas detenidas con enfermedades mentales son clave para volver a confiar o no en los profesionales o la autoridad estatal Frederic G. Reamer, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E145-149. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.145.
Policy Forum May 2022 What Should Dietary Supplement Oversight Look Like in the US? Elizabeth Richardson, MSc, Farzana Akkas, MSc, and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Statutory limitations prevent the FDA from effectively regulating dietary supplements and have generated numerous calls for reform. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E402-409. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.402.
Policy Forum May 2022 Which Features of Dietary Supplement Industry, Product Trends, and Regulation Deserve Physicians’ Attention? Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD and AMA Council on Science and Public Health Illegal, fraudulent, adulterated, or improperly labeled products should be regarded as sources of possible clinical and ethical harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E410-418. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.410.
Letter to the Editor Mar 2022 Response to “Education Solutions to the Medical-Dental Divide.” A Novel Approach to Creating Unifying Organizational Cultures in Medicine and Dentistry Carolyn A. Chan, MD and Nora Makansi, DDS, PhD Authors propose improvisational theater techniques for tighter medical/dental integration. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E247-248. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.247.
Policy Forum Oct 2022 How Should Responsibility for Proper Medication Disposal Be Shared? Ladan Karim-Nejad and Kayla Pangilinan Government- and industry-funded campaigns for medication disposal do work, but responsibility often falls on local health care organizations to provide education and services. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E971-979. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.971.
Policy Forum Oct 2022 Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities Susan Veldheer, DEd, RD and Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc Since health organizations offer food, they are situated at key intersections of agricultural policies and practices and public health. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E994-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.994.
Policy Forum Nov 2022 If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important? Christopher Whaley, PhD and Austin Frakt, PhD Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1056-1062. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1056.
Policy Forum Nov 2022 Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm Kevin Schulman, MD and Barak Richman, PhD, JD Negative health consequences from costly care are referred to as financial toxicity and should be included in informed consent discussions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1063-1068. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1063.
Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876.