Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. Policy Forum Nov 2016 Transgender Reproductive Choice and Fertility Preservation Khadija Mitu, PhD Transgender people planning a medical transition face decisions about family planning, fertility preservation, and how to access gender-affirming treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1119-1125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor2-1611. Case and Commentary Oct 2015 Conscientious Refusal or Discrimination against Gay Parents? Judith Palfrey, MD Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):897-903. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.ecas1-1510. In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202.
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.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
Policy Forum Nov 2016 Transgender Reproductive Choice and Fertility Preservation Khadija Mitu, PhD Transgender people planning a medical transition face decisions about family planning, fertility preservation, and how to access gender-affirming treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1119-1125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor2-1611.
Case and Commentary Oct 2015 Conscientious Refusal or Discrimination against Gay Parents? Judith Palfrey, MD Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):897-903. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.ecas1-1510.
In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202.