Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605. Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414. Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803. Policy Forum Mar 2018 Who Counts? What Counts? Place and the Limits of Perinatal Mortality Measures Claire Wendland, MD, PhD Perinatal mortality indicators like the maternal mortality ratio mask social determinants of health and undermine reproductive justice. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):278-287. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.pfor2-1803. From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803. Case and Commentary Oct 2015 Conscientious Refusal or Discrimination against Gay Parents? Judith Palfrey, MD Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):897-903. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.ecas1-1510. Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902. Policy Forum Oct 2004 Should Surgery Have an FDA? Robert S. Rhodes, MD There are many challenges that need to be overcome before a regulating body can be established to oversee surgical procedures and devices. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):459-461. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.pfor2-0410. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2
Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605.
Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414.
Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803.
Policy Forum Mar 2018 Who Counts? What Counts? Place and the Limits of Perinatal Mortality Measures Claire Wendland, MD, PhD Perinatal mortality indicators like the maternal mortality ratio mask social determinants of health and undermine reproductive justice. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):278-287. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.pfor2-1803.
From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803.
Case and Commentary Oct 2015 Conscientious Refusal or Discrimination against Gay Parents? Judith Palfrey, MD Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(10):897-903. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.ecas1-1510.
Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902.
Policy Forum Oct 2004 Should Surgery Have an FDA? Robert S. Rhodes, MD There are many challenges that need to be overcome before a regulating body can be established to oversee surgical procedures and devices. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):459-461. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.pfor2-0410.