Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jul 2019 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients? Timothy M. Dempsey, MD, MPH and Erin Sullivan DeMartino, MD A deliberative approach to responding to needs and vulnerabilities of unrepresented patients can help make the most of having too little information. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E559-565. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.559. Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805. AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940. Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866. Policy Forum Dec 2023 Cheating the Rules of Admission With “Observation” Laura Haselden, MD, MPM and Sabrina Rahman, MD Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E901-908. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.901.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 How Should Clinicians Navigate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients? Timothy M. Dempsey, MD, MPH and Erin Sullivan DeMartino, MD A deliberative approach to responding to needs and vulnerabilities of unrepresented patients can help make the most of having too little information. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E559-565. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.559.
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Trauma Patients’ Informed Consent or Refusal Be Regarded in a Trauma Bay or Other Emergency Settings? Ashley Suah, MD and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):425-430. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas1-1805.
AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940.
Case and Commentary Dec 2023 When and How Should Clinicians View Discharge Planning as Part of a Patient’s Care Continuum? Martha Ward, MD Safe discharge planning and execution require linkage to follow-up, patient engagement, and multidisciplinary teamwork. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E866-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.866.
Policy Forum Dec 2023 Cheating the Rules of Admission With “Observation” Laura Haselden, MD, MPM and Sabrina Rahman, MD Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(12):E901-908. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.901.