Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940. Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701. Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701. Health Law Feb 2009 When Patient-Physician Confidentiality Conflicts with the Law Kristin E. Schleiter, JD Physicians are bound in most states to report treating injuries they suspect are violence related. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):146-148. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.hlaw1-0902.
AMA Code Says Nov 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Risk Management Ethics Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE and Deborah M. Eng, MS, MA Ethical dimensions of risk management are illuminated in AMA Code content on discharge planning. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E940-944. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.940.
Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex? Emily F. Rothman, ScD The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):110-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect1-1701.
Viewpoint Jan 2017 Decreasing Human Trafficking through Sex Work Decriminalization Erin Albright, JD and Kate D'Adamo, MA Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(1):122-126. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.sect2-1701.
Health Law Feb 2009 When Patient-Physician Confidentiality Conflicts with the Law Kristin E. Schleiter, JD Physicians are bound in most states to report treating injuries they suspect are violence related. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):146-148. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.hlaw1-0902.