Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440. Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608. Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589. Case and Commentary Sep 2012 Repeating an Attending Physician's Unseemly Remarks Commentary 1 Peter A. Ubel, MD A medical student has no duty to refrain from repeating a clinical instructor’s comments except for patient-revealing elements. He may, in fact, have a duty to repeat those remarks to someone who can correct the instructor. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(9):688-690. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.9.ecas1-1209. Case and Commentary Sep 2012 Repeating an Attending Physician's Unseemly Remarks Commentary 2 Robert M. Veatch, PhD Students are not obligated to keep their instructors' behavior and remarks confidential. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(9):690-694. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.9.ecas1-1209.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440.
Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608.
Case and Commentary Aug 2023 How Should Surgeons Consider Emerging Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? Ava G. Chappell, MD and Chad M. Teven, MD This article considers which risks AI-facilitated surgical robotics pose for safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and surgical training. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(8):E589-597. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.589.
Case and Commentary Sep 2012 Repeating an Attending Physician's Unseemly Remarks Commentary 1 Peter A. Ubel, MD A medical student has no duty to refrain from repeating a clinical instructor’s comments except for patient-revealing elements. He may, in fact, have a duty to repeat those remarks to someone who can correct the instructor. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(9):688-690. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.9.ecas1-1209.
Case and Commentary Sep 2012 Repeating an Attending Physician's Unseemly Remarks Commentary 2 Robert M. Veatch, PhD Students are not obligated to keep their instructors' behavior and remarks confidential. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(9):690-694. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.9.ecas1-1209.