Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Medical Education Apr 2016 The Curriculum of Caring: Fostering Compassionate, Person-Centered Health Care Kerry Boyd, MD McMaster University’s medical school curriculum promotes compassionate, person-centered care by incorporating the views of persons with disabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):384-392. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.medu1-1604. State of the Art and Science Dec 2016 Locating Risk in the Adolescent Brain: Ethical Challenges in the Use of Biomarkers for Adolescent Health and Social Policy Suparna Choudhury, PhD and Sheehan Moore Neurobiological markers raise complex questions about what it means to be “at risk.” AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1199-1206. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.stas1-1612. Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612. Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612. Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612. Policy Forum Oct 2016 Competence not Age Determines Ability to Practice: Ethical Considerations about Sensorimotor Agility, Dexterity, and Cognitive Capacity Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc Competency assessments for aging physicians raise concerns AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1017-1024. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.pfor1-1610.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Medical Education Apr 2016 The Curriculum of Caring: Fostering Compassionate, Person-Centered Health Care Kerry Boyd, MD McMaster University’s medical school curriculum promotes compassionate, person-centered care by incorporating the views of persons with disabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):384-392. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.medu1-1604.
State of the Art and Science Dec 2016 Locating Risk in the Adolescent Brain: Ethical Challenges in the Use of Biomarkers for Adolescent Health and Social Policy Suparna Choudhury, PhD and Sheehan Moore Neurobiological markers raise complex questions about what it means to be “at risk.” AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1199-1206. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.stas1-1612.
Health Law Dec 2016 The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612.
Viewpoint Dec 2016 Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.
Medicine and Society Dec 2016 Manipulating Memories: The Ethics of Yesterday’s Science Fiction and Today’s Reality Julie M. Robillard, PhD and Judy Illes, PhD Neuromodulation has ethical implications for self-identity and public communication of scientific findings. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.msoc1-1612.
Policy Forum Oct 2016 Competence not Age Determines Ability to Practice: Ethical Considerations about Sensorimotor Agility, Dexterity, and Cognitive Capacity Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc Competency assessments for aging physicians raise concerns AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):1017-1024. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.pfor1-1610.