Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. 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. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Holding Curative and Palliative Intentions Antoinette Esce, MD and Susan McCammon, MD, MFA Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E766-771. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.766. In the Literature Jun 2019 Disentangling Evidence and Preference in Patient-Clinician Concordance Discussions Leah Z. G. Rand, DPhil and Zackary Berger, MD, PhD How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits? AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E505-512. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.505. From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803. 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.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
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.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Holding Curative and Palliative Intentions Antoinette Esce, MD and Susan McCammon, MD, MFA Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E766-771. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.766.
In the Literature Jun 2019 Disentangling Evidence and Preference in Patient-Clinician Concordance Discussions Leah Z. G. Rand, DPhil and Zackary Berger, MD, PhD How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits? AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E505-512. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.505.
From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803.
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.