Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Oct 2019 How Should Decision Aids Be Used During Counseling to Help Patients Who Are “Genetically at Risk”? Natalie Evans, PhD, Suzanne Metselaar, PhD, Carla van El, PhD, Nina Hallowell, DPhil, MA, and Guy Widdershoven, PhD Prognostic uncertainty about risk creates demand for ongoing communication and facilitated reflection about goals and values. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E865-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.865. Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82. In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604. State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Case and Commentary Oct 2016 How Should Medical Schools Respond to Students with Dyslexia? Frederick Romberg, MD, Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD, and Sally E. Shaywitz, MD A mandatory faculty course on dyslexia is recommended to prevent bias against and misunderstanding of medical students who have this condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):975-985. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.ecas1-1610. Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for ALS Leo McCluskey, MD, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas2-0601. Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 1 Ludger Schols, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502. Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 2 Georg Marckmann, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502. Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 How Should Decision Aids Be Used During Counseling to Help Patients Who Are “Genetically at Risk”? Natalie Evans, PhD, Suzanne Metselaar, PhD, Carla van El, PhD, Nina Hallowell, DPhil, MA, and Guy Widdershoven, PhD Prognostic uncertainty about risk creates demand for ongoing communication and facilitated reflection about goals and values. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E865-872. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.865.
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82.
In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604.
State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Case and Commentary Oct 2016 How Should Medical Schools Respond to Students with Dyslexia? Frederick Romberg, MD, Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD, and Sally E. Shaywitz, MD A mandatory faculty course on dyslexia is recommended to prevent bias against and misunderstanding of medical students who have this condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):975-985. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.ecas1-1610.
Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for ALS Leo McCluskey, MD, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):16-19. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas2-0601.
Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 1 Ludger Schols, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502.
Case and Commentary Feb 2005 Quality of Life and Prenatal Decisions, Commentary 2 Georg Marckmann, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):136-140. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.ccas1-0502.
Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601.