Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019. Health Law Apr 2016 Safe Patient Handling Laws and Programs for Health Care Workers Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MA, MPhil Safe patient handling laws and programs offer considerable benefits to health care workers, who have higher rates of exertion injuries than other workers. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):416-421. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.hlaw1-1604. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924. Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Health Law Apr 2018 Plastic Surgery Overseas: How Much Should a Physician Risk in the Pursuit of Higher-Quality Continuity of Care? Scott Schweikart, JD, MBE Medical tourism creates an ethical dilemma for domestic physicians who wish to provide continuity of care but avoid liability in a malpractice suit. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(4):357-365. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.4.hlaw1-1804. Viewpoint Apr 2005 The Malpractice Crisis Frank C. Spencer, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(4):325-327. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.4.oped2-0504. Medical Education Sep 2016 Walking the Walk in Team-Based Education: The Crimson Care Collaborative Clinic in Family Medicine Kirsten Meisinger, MD and Diana Wohler, MD The student-faculty run Crimson Care Collaborative is a model of team-based patient care that is nonhierarchical and interprofessional. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):910-916. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.medu1-1609. Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Responding to Insensitive Remarks about a Patient: Resident to Patient's Family and Attending Physician James T. Hardee, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):559-563. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas6-0508. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Health Law Dec 2020 Reexamining the Flawed Legal Basis of the “Dead Donor Rule” as a Foundation for Organ Donation Policy Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The DDR requires organ donors to be dead according to legal criteria prior to organ removal, and it’s rooted in fears of civil and criminal liability. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1019-1024. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1019.
Health Law Apr 2016 Safe Patient Handling Laws and Programs for Health Care Workers Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MA, MPhil Safe patient handling laws and programs offer considerable benefits to health care workers, who have higher rates of exertion injuries than other workers. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):416-421. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.hlaw1-1604.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924.
Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Health Law Apr 2018 Plastic Surgery Overseas: How Much Should a Physician Risk in the Pursuit of Higher-Quality Continuity of Care? Scott Schweikart, JD, MBE Medical tourism creates an ethical dilemma for domestic physicians who wish to provide continuity of care but avoid liability in a malpractice suit. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(4):357-365. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.4.hlaw1-1804.
Viewpoint Apr 2005 The Malpractice Crisis Frank C. Spencer, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(4):325-327. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.4.oped2-0504.
Medical Education Sep 2016 Walking the Walk in Team-Based Education: The Crimson Care Collaborative Clinic in Family Medicine Kirsten Meisinger, MD and Diana Wohler, MD The student-faculty run Crimson Care Collaborative is a model of team-based patient care that is nonhierarchical and interprofessional. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):910-916. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.medu1-1609.
Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Responding to Insensitive Remarks about a Patient: Resident to Patient's Family and Attending Physician James T. Hardee, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):559-563. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas6-0508.