Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. Medicine and Society Aug 2022 Clinicians’ Racial Biases as Pathways to Iatrogenic Harms for Black People Keisha Ray, PhD Clinicians’ racial biases undermine the quality of Black persons’ health care experiences and pave a reliable path to health care-induced harm. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E768-772. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.768. Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508. Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512. Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 2 John J. Paris, SJ, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):779-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512. 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. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202. Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
Medicine and Society Aug 2022 Clinicians’ Racial Biases as Pathways to Iatrogenic Harms for Black People Keisha Ray, PhD Clinicians’ racial biases undermine the quality of Black persons’ health care experiences and pave a reliable path to health care-induced harm. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E768-772. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.768.
Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508.
Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512.
Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 2 John J. Paris, SJ, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):779-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512.
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.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202.
Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902.