Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Original Research Jan 2022 Promoting Children’s Health Equity With Medical-Dental Integration Ana Zea, DDS, DrPH and Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH In 2015, a community health center in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented a model of interdisciplinary care in a nationwide pilot. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E33-40. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.33. 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. Policy Forum Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272. Original Research May 2023 How Do Classroom-Based Interprofessional Education Interactions Influence Medical Students’ Clerkship Experiences? Mary Claire Potter, Kelly Horton, MAT, and Erica Chou, MD Classroom-based IPE has been shown to improve medical students’ understandings of competencies, but less is known about how they apply clinically. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E344-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.344. Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002.
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.
Original Research Jan 2022 Promoting Children’s Health Equity With Medical-Dental Integration Ana Zea, DDS, DrPH and Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH In 2015, a community health center in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented a model of interdisciplinary care in a nationwide pilot. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E33-40. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.33.
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.
Policy Forum Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272.
Original Research May 2023 How Do Classroom-Based Interprofessional Education Interactions Influence Medical Students’ Clerkship Experiences? Mary Claire Potter, Kelly Horton, MAT, and Erica Chou, MD Classroom-based IPE has been shown to improve medical students’ understandings of competencies, but less is known about how they apply clinically. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(5):E344-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.344.
Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002.