Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805. Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175. Original Research Mar 2021 African American Nurses’ Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA, Lauren M. Edgar, MSN Ed, RN, Tracey Johnson-Glover, MSN, RN, and Christine Y. Lu, PhD, MSc Recent popular interest in Henrietta Lacks has prompted interest in better engaging AA nurses and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E240-251. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.240. Case and Commentary Apr 2021 Should One Kind of Freedom Be Restricted to Promote Another? Katherine J. Feder, MS, Janice I. Firn, PhD, LMSW, and Ryan Stork, MD Restraint can facilitate freedom for patients with traumatic brain injuries under some conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E305-310. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.305. Medicine and Society Oct 2020 Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans Vikas Gampa, MD, Kenneth Bernard, MD, MBA, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS “Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E874-881. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.874. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Ethics and Intimate Sexual Activity in Long-Term Care Eran Metzger, MD Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):640-648. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas1-1707. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707. In the Literature Jul 2017 When Does Therapeutic Misconception Affect Surrogates’ or Subjects’ Decision Making about Whether to Participate in Dementia Research? Laura B. Dunn, MD and Barton W. Palmer, PhD Research is needed on surrogates’ susceptibility to believing that clinical trials provide individual therapeutic benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):678-685. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.nlit1-1707. Policy Forum Jan 2018 What Should Be the Scope of Physicians’ Roles in Responding to Gun Violence? Nora Jones, PhD, Jenny Nguyen, Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBioethics, and Kathleen Reeves, MD Gatekeepers of gun privileges is not an appropriate role for physicians since there is no objective test of fitness for gun ownership or possession. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):84-90. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.pfor2-1801. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805.
Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175.
Original Research Mar 2021 African American Nurses’ Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA, Lauren M. Edgar, MSN Ed, RN, Tracey Johnson-Glover, MSN, RN, and Christine Y. Lu, PhD, MSc Recent popular interest in Henrietta Lacks has prompted interest in better engaging AA nurses and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E240-251. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.240.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 Should One Kind of Freedom Be Restricted to Promote Another? Katherine J. Feder, MS, Janice I. Firn, PhD, LMSW, and Ryan Stork, MD Restraint can facilitate freedom for patients with traumatic brain injuries under some conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E305-310. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.305.
Medicine and Society Oct 2020 Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans Vikas Gampa, MD, Kenneth Bernard, MD, MBA, and Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS “Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(10):E874-881. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.874.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Ethics and Intimate Sexual Activity in Long-Term Care Eran Metzger, MD Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):640-648. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas1-1707.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707.
In the Literature Jul 2017 When Does Therapeutic Misconception Affect Surrogates’ or Subjects’ Decision Making about Whether to Participate in Dementia Research? Laura B. Dunn, MD and Barton W. Palmer, PhD Research is needed on surrogates’ susceptibility to believing that clinical trials provide individual therapeutic benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):678-685. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.nlit1-1707.
Policy Forum Jan 2018 What Should Be the Scope of Physicians’ Roles in Responding to Gun Violence? Nora Jones, PhD, Jenny Nguyen, Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBioethics, and Kathleen Reeves, MD Gatekeepers of gun privileges is not an appropriate role for physicians since there is no objective test of fitness for gun ownership or possession. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(1):84-90. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.pfor2-1801.