Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503. Policy Forum Dec 2005 Physician-Advocate: Deciding What To Fight for and When Philip A. Pizzo, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):813-815. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.pfor2-0512. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605. Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414. AMA Code Says Feb 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Confidential Care for Sexually Active Minors and Physicians’ Exercise of Conscience in Refusal of Services AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):118-120. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.coet1-1202.
Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503.
Policy Forum Dec 2005 Physician-Advocate: Deciding What To Fight for and When Philip A. Pizzo, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):813-815. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.pfor2-0512.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605.
Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414.
AMA Code Says Feb 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Confidential Care for Sexually Active Minors and Physicians’ Exercise of Conscience in Refusal of Services AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):118-120. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.coet1-1202.