Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710. State of the Art and Science Nov 2015 The Challenge of Understanding Health Care Costs and Charges Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, Christopher Moriates, MD, and Neel Shah, MD, MPP The price transparency movement seeks to make actual medical costs clear to patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(11):1046-1052. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.stas1-1511. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Policy Forum Dec 2020 Guidance for Physicians Who Wish to Influence Policy Development on Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria Michael A. Rubin, MD, MA Lobbying, maintaining diagnostic skill, participating in national societies, and contributing to robust discourse can influence practice and policy. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1033-1037. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1033. Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18. Medical Education Jan 2021 How Should Students Learn About Contemporary Implications of Health Professionals’ Roles in the Holocaust? Robert Baker, PhD The Nuremberg Code, the World Medical Association’s declarations of Geneva and Helsinki, and the Belmont Report share an origin in the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E31-37. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.31. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Clinicians Execute Critical Force Interventions With Compassion, Not Just Harm Minimization, as a Clinical and Ethical Goal? Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD and Kishore Nagaraja, MD Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E292-297. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.292. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710.
State of the Art and Science Nov 2015 The Challenge of Understanding Health Care Costs and Charges Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, Christopher Moriates, MD, and Neel Shah, MD, MPP The price transparency movement seeks to make actual medical costs clear to patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(11):1046-1052. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.stas1-1511.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 Guidance for Physicians Who Wish to Influence Policy Development on Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria Michael A. Rubin, MD, MA Lobbying, maintaining diagnostic skill, participating in national societies, and contributing to robust discourse can influence practice and policy. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1033-1037. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1033.
Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized? Rebecca Kluchin, PhD Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E18-25. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.18.
Medical Education Jan 2021 How Should Students Learn About Contemporary Implications of Health Professionals’ Roles in the Holocaust? Robert Baker, PhD The Nuremberg Code, the World Medical Association’s declarations of Geneva and Helsinki, and the Belmont Report share an origin in the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E31-37. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.31.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Clinicians Execute Critical Force Interventions With Compassion, Not Just Harm Minimization, as a Clinical and Ethical Goal? Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD and Kishore Nagaraja, MD Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E292-297. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.292.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530.