Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Covid Care in Color Valerie Tarsia, PA-C This group of paintings portrays beauty and strength among frontline clinicians in a hectic emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E349-361. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.349. Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Going Up or Down? Katelyn Norman, MD In this oil painting, personal protective equipment is uncomfortable, but perhaps less uncomfortable than knowing our safety depends on others. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E362-363. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.362. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924. Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965. Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735. Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” Ramya Sampath joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” AMA Code Says May 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Urgent Decision Making Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to urgent decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):464-466. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.coet1-1805. Health Law Sep 2010 The Case of Dr. Anna Pou: Physician Liability in Emergency Situations Ryan Bailey A year after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Pou was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder and nine counts of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder for administering drugs to patients who subsequently died. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(9):726-730. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.9.hlaw1-1009.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Covid Care in Color Valerie Tarsia, PA-C This group of paintings portrays beauty and strength among frontline clinicians in a hectic emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E349-361. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.349.
Art of Medicine Apr 2021 Going Up or Down? Katelyn Norman, MD In this oil painting, personal protective equipment is uncomfortable, but perhaps less uncomfortable than knowing our safety depends on others. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E362-363. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.362.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 Should a Good Risk Manager Worry About Cost and Price Transparency in Health Care? Josh Charles Hyatt, DHSc, MHL, MBE(c) and Stephen L. Newman, MD, MBA Once focused on hospital liability, risk managers now navigate a broader set of enterprise risk management responsibilities. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E924-932. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.924.
Medicine and Society Nov 2020 What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM Framing risk management goals as patient centered and evidence based helps align them with goals of ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E965-975. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.965.
Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735.
Podcast Aug 2022 Author Interview: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?” Ramya Sampath joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent?”
AMA Code Says May 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Urgent Decision Making Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to urgent decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):464-466. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.coet1-1805.
Health Law Sep 2010 The Case of Dr. Anna Pou: Physician Liability in Emergency Situations Ryan Bailey A year after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Pou was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder and nine counts of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder for administering drugs to patients who subsequently died. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(9):726-730. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.9.hlaw1-1009.