Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Apr 2020 Should Surgeons or Anesthesiologists Manage Perioperative Pain Protocols? Patricia Doerr, MD and Brooke Chidgey, MD Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) protocols vary by surgery type and are compared, clinically and ethically, to traditional protocols. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E319-324. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.319. Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99. Policy Forum Oct 2022 Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities Susan Veldheer, DEd, RD and Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc Since health organizations offer food, they are situated at key intersections of agricultural policies and practices and public health. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E994-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.994. Policy Forum Dec 2020 Inconsistency in Brain Death Determination Should Not Be Tolerated Erin Barnes, MD and David Greer, MD, MA Since 1995, the American Academy of Neurology has provided guidelines for brain death determination, but nationwide adherence to these guidelines has been incomplete. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1027-1032. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1027. Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038. Policy Forum Nov 2016 Affirmative and Responsible Health Care for People with Nonconforming Gender Identities and Expressions Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Henry Ng, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Potter, MD Physicians should extend gender-affirming treatment to gender-nonconforming people, who experience discrimination and health disparities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1107-1118. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor1-1611.
Policy Forum Apr 2020 Should Surgeons or Anesthesiologists Manage Perioperative Pain Protocols? Patricia Doerr, MD and Brooke Chidgey, MD Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) protocols vary by surgery type and are compared, clinically and ethically, to traditional protocols. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E319-324. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.319.
Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99.
Policy Forum Oct 2022 Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities Susan Veldheer, DEd, RD and Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc Since health organizations offer food, they are situated at key intersections of agricultural policies and practices and public health. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(10):E994-1003. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.994.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 Inconsistency in Brain Death Determination Should Not Be Tolerated Erin Barnes, MD and David Greer, MD, MA Since 1995, the American Academy of Neurology has provided guidelines for brain death determination, but nationwide adherence to these guidelines has been incomplete. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1027-1032. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1027.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.
Policy Forum Nov 2016 Affirmative and Responsible Health Care for People with Nonconforming Gender Identities and Expressions Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Henry Ng, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Potter, MD Physicians should extend gender-affirming treatment to gender-nonconforming people, who experience discrimination and health disparities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1107-1118. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor1-1611.