Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603. 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. 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 Dec 2009 Informing Adolescents of Perinatally Contracted HIV Hans M.L. Spiegel, MD and Donna Futterman, MD Those who care for adolescents must advocate for timely disclosure of HIV diagnosis since the negative effects of late disclosure include social isolation, anxiety, loss of trust, and depression. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):938-943. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.ccas2-0912.
Policy Forum Jul 2019 How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices? Giselle Malina Safeguards are urgently needed for assessments of what constitutes appropriate care for unaccompanied minors in US detention facilities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E603-610. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.603.
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.
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 Dec 2009 Informing Adolescents of Perinatally Contracted HIV Hans M.L. Spiegel, MD and Donna Futterman, MD Those who care for adolescents must advocate for timely disclosure of HIV diagnosis since the negative effects of late disclosure include social isolation, anxiety, loss of trust, and depression. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):938-943. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.ccas2-0912.