Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440. Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709. Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608. Health Law Jun 2014 The Racially Unequal Impact of the US Organ Procurement System Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil Efforts to meet the demand for organs have long had disproportionate effects on members of particular races, not only because of disparate levels of need for transplants but because of the way our donation system works. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):461-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.hlaw1-1406.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Address a Patient’s Experience of Transgenerational Trauma? Ashley Suah, MD and Brian Williams, MD Respecting patient autonomy while seeking to understand patients’ unique perspectives can strengthen patient-surgeon relationships. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E440-445. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.440.
Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709.
Case and Commentary Nov 2016 Requests for VIP Treatment in Pathology: Implications for Social Justice and Systems-Based Practice Virginia Sheffield and Lauren B. Smith, MD Preferential treatment of “very important” patients is not only unjust but also can compromise patient safety, which is overlooked in medical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):786-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas4-1608.
Health Law Jun 2014 The Racially Unequal Impact of the US Organ Procurement System Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil Efforts to meet the demand for organs have long had disproportionate effects on members of particular races, not only because of disparate levels of need for transplants but because of the way our donation system works. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):461-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.hlaw1-1406.