Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Feb 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Language Barriers That Exacerbate Health Inequity? Jason Espinoza, MD and Sabrina Derrington, MD, MA, HEC-C Limited language proficiency is a driver of health inequity and exacerbates other social determinants of health. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E109-116. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.109. Case and Commentary Feb 2021 How Should Physicians and Pharmacists Collaborate to Motivate Health Equity in Underserved Communities? Sara Shahdoost Moghadam, PharmD and Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, CDCES Physicians and pharmacists play key roles in addressing social determinants of health and health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E117-126. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.117. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465. Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703.
Case and Commentary Feb 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Language Barriers That Exacerbate Health Inequity? Jason Espinoza, MD and Sabrina Derrington, MD, MA, HEC-C Limited language proficiency is a driver of health inequity and exacerbates other social determinants of health. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E109-116. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.109.
Case and Commentary Feb 2021 How Should Physicians and Pharmacists Collaborate to Motivate Health Equity in Underserved Communities? Sara Shahdoost Moghadam, PharmD and Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, CDCES Physicians and pharmacists play key roles in addressing social determinants of health and health inequity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E117-126. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.117.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465.
Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703.