Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 Sep 2019 How Should Public Health Schools Help Meet Millennium Development Goals in Latin America? Taryn Clark, MD, Julia Terle, MD, and Robert H. Gilman, MD Four MDGs directly concern public health, and public health schools should be involved in meeting them. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E788-795. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.788. 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. 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 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 Sep 2019 How Should Public Health Schools Help Meet Millennium Development Goals in Latin America? Taryn Clark, MD, Julia Terle, MD, and Robert H. Gilman, MD Four MDGs directly concern public health, and public health schools should be involved in meeting them. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E788-795. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.788.
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.
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.