Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 Apr 2022 You Can’t Carry a Gun and a Stethoscope at the Same Time D. Brendan Johnson, MTS Responding to the February Tactical Medicine Issue. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E340-341. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.340. Policy Forum Mar 2023 What Should Be Clinicians’ Roles in Regulatory Assessment of Prospective Interventions’ Risks of Exacerbating Inequity? Anushka Bhaskar and Daniel Carpenter, PhD When regulatory decisions express overconfidence, one risk is that the costliness or misinformation will exacerbate health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E204-209. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.204. 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 Nov 2022 Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care Harold A. Pollack, PhD, MPP More transparent pricing would allow patients and families to make better decisions, but there are limitations to how reliably it promotes efficiency and market discipline. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1069-1074. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1069. 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. Policy Forum Sep 2016 Overcoming Historical Separation between Oral and General Health Care: Interprofessional Collaboration for Promoting Health Equity Lisa Simon, DMD Health equity requires physician-dentist collaboration. What are next steps for integrating oral and general health care? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):941-949. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor1-1609. Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609. Policy Forum Oct 2023 How Should We Address Warehousing Persons With Serious Mental Illness in Nursing Homes? Ari Ne’eman This article suggests how to better identify older adults with mental illness at risk for placement that won’t meet their needs. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E758-764. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.758. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next › Last page Last »
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 Apr 2022 You Can’t Carry a Gun and a Stethoscope at the Same Time D. Brendan Johnson, MTS Responding to the February Tactical Medicine Issue. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E340-341. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.340.
Policy Forum Mar 2023 What Should Be Clinicians’ Roles in Regulatory Assessment of Prospective Interventions’ Risks of Exacerbating Inequity? Anushka Bhaskar and Daniel Carpenter, PhD When regulatory decisions express overconfidence, one risk is that the costliness or misinformation will exacerbate health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(3):E204-209. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.204.
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 Nov 2022 Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care Harold A. Pollack, PhD, MPP More transparent pricing would allow patients and families to make better decisions, but there are limitations to how reliably it promotes efficiency and market discipline. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(11):E1069-1074. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1069.
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.
Policy Forum Sep 2016 Overcoming Historical Separation between Oral and General Health Care: Interprofessional Collaboration for Promoting Health Equity Lisa Simon, DMD Health equity requires physician-dentist collaboration. What are next steps for integrating oral and general health care? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):941-949. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor1-1609.
Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609.
Policy Forum Oct 2023 How Should We Address Warehousing Persons With Serious Mental Illness in Nursing Homes? Ari Ne’eman This article suggests how to better identify older adults with mental illness at risk for placement that won’t meet their needs. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E758-764. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.758.