Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Oct 2021 Whoever Does Image-Guided Palliative Care Needs to Be Properly Trained to Do So Jay A. Requarth, MD Some clinicians offering image-guided procedures have little training in palliative medicine, which is both a clinical and an ethical problem. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E826-831. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.826. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701. Viewpoint Sep 2005 Should Alcoholics Be Deprioritized for Liver Transplantation? Fritz Allhoff Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):634-637. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.oped1-0509. Viewpoint May 2014 Against a Duty To Die Nancy S. Jecker, PhD A small but growing body of evidence suggests that worry about creating a burden on others is common among people who are near the end of life. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):390-394. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.oped1-1405. Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD The stigmatization of and discrimination toward people living with HIV persists in the general public and even among health care professionals. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912.
Viewpoint Oct 2021 Whoever Does Image-Guided Palliative Care Needs to Be Properly Trained to Do So Jay A. Requarth, MD Some clinicians offering image-guided procedures have little training in palliative medicine, which is both a clinical and an ethical problem. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E826-831. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.826.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701.
Viewpoint Sep 2005 Should Alcoholics Be Deprioritized for Liver Transplantation? Fritz Allhoff Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):634-637. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.oped1-0509.
Viewpoint May 2014 Against a Duty To Die Nancy S. Jecker, PhD A small but growing body of evidence suggests that worry about creating a burden on others is common among people who are near the end of life. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):390-394. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.oped1-1405.
Viewpoint Dec 2009 HIV Stigma and Discrimination Persist, Even in Health Care Bebe J. Anderson, JD The stigmatization of and discrimination toward people living with HIV persists in the general public and even among health care professionals. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):998-1001. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.oped1-0912.