Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Jan 2017 Mandatory Reporting of Human Trafficking: Potential Benefits and Risks of Harm Abigail English, JD Implementation of child abuse reporting laws may help policymakers assess the potential risks and benefits of mandatory reporting of human trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):54-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.pfor1-1701. 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 Jun 2015 Veterans Health Administration Policy on Cannabis as an Adjunct to Pain Treatment with Opiates Michael Krawitz The new Veterans Health Administration policy on the use of medical marijuana was brought about by patient advocacy in 2010. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(6):558-561. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.pfor2-1506. Policy Forum May 2013 Pain and Ethnicity Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA Biological and cultural differences affect the experience of pain, and misinformation and biases affect its treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):449-454. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.pfor1-1305.
Policy Forum Jan 2017 Mandatory Reporting of Human Trafficking: Potential Benefits and Risks of Harm Abigail English, JD Implementation of child abuse reporting laws may help policymakers assess the potential risks and benefits of mandatory reporting of human trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):54-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.pfor1-1701.
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 Jun 2015 Veterans Health Administration Policy on Cannabis as an Adjunct to Pain Treatment with Opiates Michael Krawitz The new Veterans Health Administration policy on the use of medical marijuana was brought about by patient advocacy in 2010. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(6):558-561. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.pfor2-1506.
Policy Forum May 2013 Pain and Ethnicity Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA Biological and cultural differences affect the experience of pain, and misinformation and biases affect its treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):449-454. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.pfor1-1305.