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. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 What’s the Role of Autonomy in Patient- and Family-Centered Care When Patients and Family Members Don’t Agree? Laura Sedig, MD When family members disagree with a patient about care planning, the physician might be able to facilitate a resolution. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):12-17. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas2-1601. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 When Imaging Data Contradict a Patient’s Self-report, How Should Clinicians Proceed? Joyeeta G. Dastidar, MD, MS, HEC-C Patients’ perceptions of how much input they have in making health decisions influence therapeutic alliance and outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E524-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.524. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from Patients? Benjamin D. Long and Andrew G. Shuman, MD A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):6-11. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas1-1601. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838. Medicine and Society Jun 2008 Physician Responsibility for Patients' Quality of Life Philip M. Rosoff, MD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):401-403. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.msoc1-0806. Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82. Podcast May 2022 Author Interview: “Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D?” Dr Ala Shaikhkhalil joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Ethan A. Mezoff and Hannah Hays: “Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D?” Medicine and Society Jan 2016 Moving Past Individual and “Pure” Autonomy: The Rise of Family-Centered Patient Care Lee H. Igel, PhD and Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.msoc1-1601. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
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.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 What’s the Role of Autonomy in Patient- and Family-Centered Care When Patients and Family Members Don’t Agree? Laura Sedig, MD When family members disagree with a patient about care planning, the physician might be able to facilitate a resolution. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):12-17. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas2-1601.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 When Imaging Data Contradict a Patient’s Self-report, How Should Clinicians Proceed? Joyeeta G. Dastidar, MD, MS, HEC-C Patients’ perceptions of how much input they have in making health decisions influence therapeutic alliance and outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E524-529. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.524.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, and Michael Ashley Stein, JD, PhD Public and self-stigma negatively influence patients’ quality of life, employment, and housing opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E530-536. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from Patients? Benjamin D. Long and Andrew G. Shuman, MD A physician may withhold information from a patient if he believes that he is acting in accordance with the patient’s wishes and best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):6-11. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas1-1601.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838.
Medicine and Society Jun 2008 Physician Responsibility for Patients' Quality of Life Philip M. Rosoff, MD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):401-403. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.msoc1-0806.
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82.
Podcast May 2022 Author Interview: “Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D?” Dr Ala Shaikhkhalil joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Ethan A. Mezoff and Hannah Hays: “Should Clinicians Prescribe Non-FDA Regulated Dietary Supplements When Caring for Children With Hypovitaminosis D?”
Medicine and Society Jan 2016 Moving Past Individual and “Pure” Autonomy: The Rise of Family-Centered Patient Care Lee H. Igel, PhD and Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.msoc1-1601.