Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608. 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. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 How Should Physicians Refer When Referral Options Are Limited for Transgender Patients? Elizabeth Dietz and Jessica Halem, MBA In referring transgender patients for medical transition, clinicians should be guided by harm reduction, respect for autonomy, and continuity of care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1070-1080. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.ecas1-1611. Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612. Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612.
Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608.
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.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 How Should Physicians Refer When Referral Options Are Limited for Transgender Patients? Elizabeth Dietz and Jessica Halem, MBA In referring transgender patients for medical transition, clinicians should be guided by harm reduction, respect for autonomy, and continuity of care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1070-1080. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.ecas1-1611.
Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.
Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612.