Jessica H. Ballou, MD, MPH and Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH
Calls to expand palliative care education have been explicit since the 1990s, but palliative care training in surgery remains too narrowly focused on end of life.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E800-805. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.800.
Priorities far beyond generating morbidity or mortality data are needed to improve patients’ experiences, innovate metrics, and advance surgical palliation as a field.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E806-810. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.806.
Using crowdsourced information in health professions education can help motivate critical appraisal, question asking, and evidence evaluation skill development, especially among “digital natives.”
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(11):E1033-1040. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.1033.
Professional society guidelines can be used to set standards for clinical practice instead of government. This approach could help if federal or state policymakers view discarding embryos as ethically equivalent to abortion.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1160-1167. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.1160.
Dr Emily Shearer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Jay Baruch: "Decision Aids, Doorknob Moments, and Physician-Patient Solidarity in EDs.”