Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Climate Change and Health Equity Nealie Tan Ngo Because climate change will likely exacerbate national and international health inequity, this comic considers our future. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E201-203. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.201. Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Voting for Our Health, in Color Alicia Yvonne Christy, MD, MS This watercolor painting looks to our 20th-century ancestors who fought to establish their, and many of our, voting rights. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E206-207. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.206. Art of Medicine Mar 2021 Water Stewardship, Health Stewardship Tsz Yuen Au and Hiu Ting Law COVID-19 reminds us that hand hygiene is key to individual and public health, but many of us cannot access clean water. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E285-286. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.285. 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 Jan 2022 Should Dentists Treat Despite Medical Contraindications? Bernard Friedland, BChD, MSc, JD Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E6-12. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.6. Medical Education Nov 2021 Training Clinicians to Care for Patients Where They Are Margaret M. Sullivan, DrPH, FNP-BC, Emily E. Lazowy, MA, Jill S. Roncarati, ScD, MPH, PA-C, Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, and James J. O'Connell, MD US health care desperately needs a workforce prepared to respond equitably to social influences on health needs of people experiencing homelessness. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.852. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next › Last page Last »
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.
Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Climate Change and Health Equity Nealie Tan Ngo Because climate change will likely exacerbate national and international health inequity, this comic considers our future. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E201-203. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.201.
Art of Medicine Feb 2021 Voting for Our Health, in Color Alicia Yvonne Christy, MD, MS This watercolor painting looks to our 20th-century ancestors who fought to establish their, and many of our, voting rights. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E206-207. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.206.
Art of Medicine Mar 2021 Water Stewardship, Health Stewardship Tsz Yuen Au and Hiu Ting Law COVID-19 reminds us that hand hygiene is key to individual and public health, but many of us cannot access clean water. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E285-286. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.285.
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 Jan 2022 Should Dentists Treat Despite Medical Contraindications? Bernard Friedland, BChD, MSc, JD Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E6-12. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.6.
Medical Education Nov 2021 Training Clinicians to Care for Patients Where They Are Margaret M. Sullivan, DrPH, FNP-BC, Emily E. Lazowy, MA, Jill S. Roncarati, ScD, MPH, PA-C, Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, and James J. O'Connell, MD US health care desperately needs a workforce prepared to respond equitably to social influences on health needs of people experiencing homelessness. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.852.