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. Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209. Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. Personal Narrative Feb 2023 How Should We Respond When Clinicians’ Calls to CPS Are Punitively Weaponized Against Families? Arielle Schecter, MD This narrative illuminates need for students and clinicians to be well prepared to face ethically and structurally complex realities of identifying and responding to children. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E159-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.159. Health Law Mar 2005 Must Doctors Report Underage Sex as Abuse? Kate Karas Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):234-238. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.hlaw1-0503. Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910. Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810. AMA Code Says Sep 2005 The Power of the Code AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):628-633. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.code1-0509. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. AMA Code Says Mar 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Organ Transplantation AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on organ transplantation. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(3):204-214. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.3.coet1-1203. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 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.
Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
Personal Narrative Feb 2023 How Should We Respond When Clinicians’ Calls to CPS Are Punitively Weaponized Against Families? Arielle Schecter, MD This narrative illuminates need for students and clinicians to be well prepared to face ethically and structurally complex realities of identifying and responding to children. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E159-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.159.
Health Law Mar 2005 Must Doctors Report Underage Sex as Abuse? Kate Karas Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):234-238. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.hlaw1-0503.
Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910.
Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810.
AMA Code Says Sep 2005 The Power of the Code AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):628-633. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.code1-0509.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
AMA Code Says Mar 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Organ Transplantation AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on organ transplantation. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(3):204-214. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.3.coet1-1203.