Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast Nov 2022 Author Interview: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care” Dr Harold A. Pollack joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care.” Podcast Jun 2023 Ethics Talk: Whose Faces Does Facial Feminization Surgery Consider “Feminine”? Dr Eric Plemons joins Ethics Talk to discuss facial feminization surgery and how clinicians can best support patient decisions about gender-affirming care. Medicine and Society Mar 2025 Should Surgeons Share Experiences of Regret With Patients? Paul Adam Gonzales, MD, Yash Shroff, Michael Berler, Anna S. Bresler, MD, Steven Molina, Feyisayo Ojute, MD, and Carter C. Lebares, MD Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E207-215. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.207. Personal Narrative Apr 2025 Alone, Handcuffed to a Bed Awaiting Surgery Amber R. Comer, PhD, JD Most surgical inpatients who are incarcerated are not permitted to have visitors while hospitalized. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(4):E298-301. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.298. Case and Commentary May 2024 Should Antimicrobial Resistance Limit Access to an Organ Transplant? Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD This article discusses fiduciary obligations transplant programs might have to patients with B cenocepacia. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E367-372. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.367. AMA Code Says Jan 2021 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to the Legacies of the Holocaust in Health Care Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB Guidance from the Code addresses legitimacy and trustworthiness of information from unethical experimentation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E46-48. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.46. Medicine and Society Mar 2025 How Might the Use of Shared Decision-Making With a Patient Mitigate Surgeon Regret in Circumstances of a Poor Outcome Not Due to Error? Josh Sommovilla, MD Some regret experiences stem from incomplete communications or miscommunications about options, expectations, or prognoses. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E201-206. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.201. Medicine and Society Mar 2025 ¿Cómo puede la toma de decisiones conjunta con un paciente mitigar el arrepentimiento del cirujano ante malos resultados que no se ocasionaron por errores? Josh Sommovilla, MD Algunas experiencias de arrepentimiento surgen de comunicaciones incompletas o malas comunicaciones sobre opciones, expectativas o pronósticos. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E201-206. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.201.
Podcast Nov 2022 Author Interview: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care” Dr Harold A. Pollack joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care.”
Podcast Jun 2023 Ethics Talk: Whose Faces Does Facial Feminization Surgery Consider “Feminine”? Dr Eric Plemons joins Ethics Talk to discuss facial feminization surgery and how clinicians can best support patient decisions about gender-affirming care.
Medicine and Society Mar 2025 Should Surgeons Share Experiences of Regret With Patients? Paul Adam Gonzales, MD, Yash Shroff, Michael Berler, Anna S. Bresler, MD, Steven Molina, Feyisayo Ojute, MD, and Carter C. Lebares, MD Expressing regret to patients requires transparent and honest communication but can leave surgeons vulnerable. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E207-215. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.207.
Personal Narrative Apr 2025 Alone, Handcuffed to a Bed Awaiting Surgery Amber R. Comer, PhD, JD Most surgical inpatients who are incarcerated are not permitted to have visitors while hospitalized. AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(4):E298-301. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.298.
Case and Commentary May 2024 Should Antimicrobial Resistance Limit Access to an Organ Transplant? Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD This article discusses fiduciary obligations transplant programs might have to patients with B cenocepacia. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E367-372. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.367.
AMA Code Says Jan 2021 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to the Legacies of the Holocaust in Health Care Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB Guidance from the Code addresses legitimacy and trustworthiness of information from unethical experimentation. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E46-48. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.46.
Medicine and Society Mar 2025 How Might the Use of Shared Decision-Making With a Patient Mitigate Surgeon Regret in Circumstances of a Poor Outcome Not Due to Error? Josh Sommovilla, MD Some regret experiences stem from incomplete communications or miscommunications about options, expectations, or prognoses. Read in: Español AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E201-206. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.201.
Medicine and Society Mar 2025 ¿Cómo puede la toma de decisiones conjunta con un paciente mitigar el arrepentimiento del cirujano ante malos resultados que no se ocasionaron por errores? Josh Sommovilla, MD Algunas experiencias de arrepentimiento surgen de comunicaciones incompletas o malas comunicaciones sobre opciones, expectativas o pronósticos. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2025;27(3):E201-206. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.201.
