Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Jun 2019 Mayo Clinic’s 5-Step Policy for Responding to Bias Incidents Rahma M. Warsame, MD and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD Patient bias towards clinicians and employees in health care is common, but policy to address bias and support staff is relatively limited. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E521-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.521. Policy Forum Aug 2020 Revisiting the WHO Analgesic Ladder for Surgical Management of Pain Laura Stone McGuire, MD and Konstantin Slavin, MD A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E695-701. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.695. 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 Apr 2003 A Responsible Patient Swathi Arekapudi Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):144-146. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.pfor1-0304. 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 2017 Strategies for Promoting High-Quality Care and Personal Resilience in Palliative Care Katherine E. Heinze, PhD, RN, Heidi K. Holtz, PhD, RN, and Cynda H. Rushton, PhD, RN Incorporate palliative care ethics into research, education, practice, and systems design to reduce moral distress. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):601-607. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.pfor2-1706. Policy Forum Apr 2017 Roles of Physicians and Health Care Systems in “Difficult” Clinical Encounters Elizabeth S. Goldsmith, MD, MS and Erin E. Krebs, MD, MPH Physicians’ perceptions of “difficult” encounters are related to perceived workload, job satisfaction, and communication training, similar to burnout. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):381-390. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.pfor1-1704. 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 Jun 2019 Mayo Clinic’s 5-Step Policy for Responding to Bias Incidents Rahma M. Warsame, MD and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD Patient bias towards clinicians and employees in health care is common, but policy to address bias and support staff is relatively limited. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E521-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.521.
Policy Forum Aug 2020 Revisiting the WHO Analgesic Ladder for Surgical Management of Pain Laura Stone McGuire, MD and Konstantin Slavin, MD A 3-step analgesic ladder was introduced in 1986 and needs change. Surgical interventions could reduce opioid use and motivate expansion of current pain management approaches. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E695-701. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.695.
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 Apr 2003 A Responsible Patient Swathi Arekapudi Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):144-146. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.pfor1-0304.
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 2017 Strategies for Promoting High-Quality Care and Personal Resilience in Palliative Care Katherine E. Heinze, PhD, RN, Heidi K. Holtz, PhD, RN, and Cynda H. Rushton, PhD, RN Incorporate palliative care ethics into research, education, practice, and systems design to reduce moral distress. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(6):601-607. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.pfor2-1706.
Policy Forum Apr 2017 Roles of Physicians and Health Care Systems in “Difficult” Clinical Encounters Elizabeth S. Goldsmith, MD, MS and Erin E. Krebs, MD, MPH Physicians’ perceptions of “difficult” encounters are related to perceived workload, job satisfaction, and communication training, similar to burnout. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):381-390. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.pfor1-1704.
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.