Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603. 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. Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803. Viewpoint Nov 2001 Commemorative: Feeding Health Disparities Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD and Sara Taub, MA Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(11):387-390. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.11.puhl1-0111. Viewpoint Nov 2001 Commemorative Issue: Through the Patient's Eyes: Health Literacy - What Patients Know When They Leave Your Office or Clinic Joanne Schwartzberg, MD and Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(11):394-398. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.11.prsp5-0111. Viewpoint Jun 2001 Dying Poor in an Urban Hospital Gregory P. Gramelspacher, MD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(6):212-214. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.6.elce1-0106. Viewpoint Mar 2018 Should Race Be Used as a Variable in Research on Preterm Birth? Kacey Y. Eichelberger, MD, Julianna G. Alson, MPH, and Kemi M. Doll, MD, MS Racial differences in preterm birth outcomes should be studied in an ecosocial context rather than a genetic context to combat racial stereotypes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):296-302. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.sect1-1803. 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 Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603.
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.
Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803.
Viewpoint Nov 2001 Commemorative: Feeding Health Disparities Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD and Sara Taub, MA Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(11):387-390. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.11.puhl1-0111.
Viewpoint Nov 2001 Commemorative Issue: Through the Patient's Eyes: Health Literacy - What Patients Know When They Leave Your Office or Clinic Joanne Schwartzberg, MD and Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(11):394-398. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.11.prsp5-0111.
Viewpoint Jun 2001 Dying Poor in an Urban Hospital Gregory P. Gramelspacher, MD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(6):212-214. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.6.elce1-0106.
Viewpoint Mar 2018 Should Race Be Used as a Variable in Research on Preterm Birth? Kacey Y. Eichelberger, MD, Julianna G. Alson, MPH, and Kemi M. Doll, MD, MS Racial differences in preterm birth outcomes should be studied in an ecosocial context rather than a genetic context to combat racial stereotypes. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):296-302. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.sect1-1803.
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.