Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708. State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Etiology and Manifestations of Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics Stowe Locke Teti, MA, Kathleen Ennis-Durstine, MDiv, and Tomas Jose Silber, MD, MASS Clinicians caring for pediatric patients can face a dilemma of whether to respect parental autonomy or uphold the patient’s best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):783-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas2-1708. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Long-Term Consequences of NICU Care Be Discussed in Terms of Prognostic Uncertainty or Possible Harm? Genevieve Allen and Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA Complications of caring for extreme prematurity should be discussed and decisons shared. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):743-752. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas1-1708. Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Etiology and Manifestations of Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics Stowe Locke Teti, MA, Kathleen Ennis-Durstine, MDiv, and Tomas Jose Silber, MD, MASS Clinicians caring for pediatric patients can face a dilemma of whether to respect parental autonomy or uphold the patient’s best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):783-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Long-Term Consequences of NICU Care Be Discussed in Terms of Prognostic Uncertainty or Possible Harm? Genevieve Allen and Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA Complications of caring for extreme prematurity should be discussed and decisons shared. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):743-752. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas1-1708.
Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.