Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2019 How Should Physicians Help Patients Understand Unknowns of Nanoparticle-Based Medicines? Nancy M. P. King, JD and Christine E. Bishop, MD, MA When an unproven intervention is a nanodrug, a physician’s role is especially difficult due to possibilities of unprecedented harms. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.324. Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should a Psychiatrist Prescribe a Nanodrug to Help Parents Monitor a Teen’s Adherence? Constance E. George, MD, MA Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.317. Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should Trackable Pill Technologies Be Used to Facilitate Adherence Among Patients Without Insight? Tahir Rahman, MD A form of aripiprazole places unique ethical and clinical demands on mental health professionals. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E332-336. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.332. Case and Commentary Jun 2018 Is It Ethical to Treat Pain Differently in Children and Adults with Burns? Sharmila Dissanaike, MD Pain management of adult and pediatric burn patients should be individualized and include nonpharmacological treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):531-536. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm1-1806. Case and Commentary Jun 2019 Does a Patient’s Trauma History Ethically Justify a Discriminatory Clinical Referral? John R. Stone, MD, PhD A “simplicity strategy” suggests expressing respect for persons and empathy and models inclusive group inquiry, epistemic humility, and justice. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E493-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.493. Art of Medicine Apr 2020 Surgical Transfiguration Kristina Alton Clinicians have duties to express regard for the breadth and depth of their influence on patients’ pre- and postsurgical self-understandings. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E340-341. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.340. Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Clinicians Integrate Mental Health Into Epidemic Responses? Shantanu Srivatsa and Kearsley A. Stewart, PhD Culturally appropriate responsiveness to mental illnesses is critical to mitigating local persons’ distrust of international clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E10-15. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.10. Case and Commentary Mar 2020 How Should Organizations Respond to Repeated Noncompliance by Prominent Researchers? Min-Fu Tsan, MD, PhD and Grace L. Tsan, OD IRBs must report human subject research protocol deviations and university leadership might also need to motivate compliance with federal regulations. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E201-208. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.201. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 How Should Physicians Help Patients Understand Unknowns of Nanoparticle-Based Medicines? Nancy M. P. King, JD and Christine E. Bishop, MD, MA When an unproven intervention is a nanodrug, a physician’s role is especially difficult due to possibilities of unprecedented harms. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E324-331. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.324.
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should a Psychiatrist Prescribe a Nanodrug to Help Parents Monitor a Teen’s Adherence? Constance E. George, MD, MA Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.317.
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should Trackable Pill Technologies Be Used to Facilitate Adherence Among Patients Without Insight? Tahir Rahman, MD A form of aripiprazole places unique ethical and clinical demands on mental health professionals. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E332-336. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.332.
Case and Commentary Jun 2018 Is It Ethical to Treat Pain Differently in Children and Adults with Burns? Sharmila Dissanaike, MD Pain management of adult and pediatric burn patients should be individualized and include nonpharmacological treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):531-536. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.cscm1-1806.
Case and Commentary Jun 2019 Does a Patient’s Trauma History Ethically Justify a Discriminatory Clinical Referral? John R. Stone, MD, PhD A “simplicity strategy” suggests expressing respect for persons and empathy and models inclusive group inquiry, epistemic humility, and justice. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E493-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.493.
Art of Medicine Apr 2020 Surgical Transfiguration Kristina Alton Clinicians have duties to express regard for the breadth and depth of their influence on patients’ pre- and postsurgical self-understandings. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E340-341. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.340.
Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Clinicians Integrate Mental Health Into Epidemic Responses? Shantanu Srivatsa and Kearsley A. Stewart, PhD Culturally appropriate responsiveness to mental illnesses is critical to mitigating local persons’ distrust of international clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E10-15. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.10.
Case and Commentary Mar 2020 How Should Organizations Respond to Repeated Noncompliance by Prominent Researchers? Min-Fu Tsan, MD, PhD and Grace L. Tsan, OD IRBs must report human subject research protocol deviations and university leadership might also need to motivate compliance with federal regulations. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E201-208. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.201.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601.