Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Aug 2019 Why Are Biosimilars Not Living up to Their Promise in the US? Mike Z. Zhai, Ameet Sarpatwari, JD, PhD, and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH Overall utilization of the few biosimilars currently available to patients has been limited. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E668-678. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.668. AMA Code Says Aug 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Prescription Drugs Rachel F. Harbut and Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers guidance on stewardship and professionalism. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E642-644. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.642. State of the Art and Science Aug 2019 Are Medicaid Closed Formularies Unethical? Leah Rand, DPhil and Govind Persad, JD, PhD Closed formularies can be justified when they enable spending on other socially valuable aims, but they can single out poor patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E654-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.654. Case and Commentary Sep 2019 What Are Criteria for Considering Technologies’ Uses and Influences in LMICs’ Health Care Infrastructures? Rolvix Patterson and Richard Rohrer, MD Low-resource areas are heterogeneous and changing, so establishing an evidence base for decision making about technology use is an important priority. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E735-741. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.735. Medicine and Society Sep 2019 Are Patients’ and Communities’ Poverty Exploited to Give Health Professions Students Learning Experiences? Harold W. Baillie, PhD and John F. McGeehan, MD Exploitation can be exacerbated when health professions students’ educational goals are overemphasized relative to patients’ and communities’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E801-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.801. AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139. Medicine and Society Jan 2019 Strategies for Responding to Undocumented Immigrants With Kidney Disease Jonathan J. Suarez, MD, MSCE Regularly scheduled dialysis is not standard of care for most undocumented immigrants in the United States, so preventative care, and advocacy for it, is needed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E86-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.86. Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167. Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Clinicians Integrate Mental Health Into Epidemic Responses? Shantanu Srivatsa and Kearsley A. Stewart, PhD Culturally appropriate responsiveness to mental illnesses is critical to mitigating local persons’ distrust of international clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E10-15. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.10. Health Law Feb 2020 Can International Patent Law Help Mitigate Cancer Inequity in LMICs? Srividya Ragavan, SJD and Amaka Vanni, PhD Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E102-111. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.102. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Aug 2019 Why Are Biosimilars Not Living up to Their Promise in the US? Mike Z. Zhai, Ameet Sarpatwari, JD, PhD, and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH Overall utilization of the few biosimilars currently available to patients has been limited. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E668-678. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.668.
AMA Code Says Aug 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Prescription Drugs Rachel F. Harbut and Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers guidance on stewardship and professionalism. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E642-644. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.642.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2019 Are Medicaid Closed Formularies Unethical? Leah Rand, DPhil and Govind Persad, JD, PhD Closed formularies can be justified when they enable spending on other socially valuable aims, but they can single out poor patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(8):E654-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.654.
Case and Commentary Sep 2019 What Are Criteria for Considering Technologies’ Uses and Influences in LMICs’ Health Care Infrastructures? Rolvix Patterson and Richard Rohrer, MD Low-resource areas are heterogeneous and changing, so establishing an evidence base for decision making about technology use is an important priority. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E735-741. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.735.
Medicine and Society Sep 2019 Are Patients’ and Communities’ Poverty Exploited to Give Health Professions Students Learning Experiences? Harold W. Baillie, PhD and John F. McGeehan, MD Exploitation can be exacerbated when health professions students’ educational goals are overemphasized relative to patients’ and communities’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E801-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.801.
AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139.
Medicine and Society Jan 2019 Strategies for Responding to Undocumented Immigrants With Kidney Disease Jonathan J. Suarez, MD, MSCE Regularly scheduled dialysis is not standard of care for most undocumented immigrants in the United States, so preventative care, and advocacy for it, is needed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(1):E86-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.86.
Original Research Feb 2019 Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care? Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167.
Case and Commentary Jan 2020 How Should Clinicians Integrate Mental Health Into Epidemic Responses? Shantanu Srivatsa and Kearsley A. Stewart, PhD Culturally appropriate responsiveness to mental illnesses is critical to mitigating local persons’ distrust of international clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E10-15. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.10.
Health Law Feb 2020 Can International Patent Law Help Mitigate Cancer Inequity in LMICs? Srividya Ragavan, SJD and Amaka Vanni, PhD Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E102-111. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.102.