Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703. Podcast Mar 2017 Ethics Talk: Responding to Language Barriers in Health Care - An Interview with Dr. Donald A. Barr AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Zujaja Tauqeer, a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, interviewed Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, about caring for patients with limited English language and health literacy schools. Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Clinicians’ Obligations to Use Qualified Medical Interpreters When Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Vonessa Phillips Costa, and Priyank Jain, MD Access to language services is required when caring for patients with limited English proficiency. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):245-252. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas2-1703. Art of Medicine Apr 2015 Artwork by People with Autism D.J. Svoboda, Kevin Hosseini, Noah Schneider, Emily Casanova, PhD, and Kay Aitch Kevin Hosseini’s painting of his tutor’s dog, Bella. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):362-368. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.imhl2-1504. Case and Commentary Jun 2003 Diagnosis: Inadequate Cross-Cultural Communication Anne R. Su Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):205-207. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.ccas2-0306. State of the Art and Science Jun 2003 Reducing the Effects of Low Health Literacy Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):222-224. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.cprl1-0306. Medicine and Society Jun 2003 The ABCs of Empowered Communication: A Community-Based Intervention for Patients Derrel Zeno, Coreen Domingo, Anh Tran, Frank Martin, Kimberly O'Malley, Paul Haidet, Richard Street, and Carol Ashton Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):228-233. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.msoc1-0306. Policy Forum Oct 2003 Psychotropic Medications and Criminal Defendants Robert M. Wettstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.pfor1-0310 Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Mar 2017 The Role of Universal Health Literacy Precautions in Minimizing “Medspeak” and Promoting Shared Decision Making Lara Killian, MA, MLIS and Margo Coletti, AMLS Follow simple rules, such as checking whether patients comprehend what they’ve been told, to help patients overcome barriers posed by clinical jargon. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):296-303. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.pfor1-1703.
Podcast Mar 2017 Ethics Talk: Responding to Language Barriers in Health Care - An Interview with Dr. Donald A. Barr AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Zujaja Tauqeer, a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, interviewed Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, about caring for patients with limited English language and health literacy schools.
Case and Commentary Mar 2017 Clinicians’ Obligations to Use Qualified Medical Interpreters When Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Vonessa Phillips Costa, and Priyank Jain, MD Access to language services is required when caring for patients with limited English proficiency. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(3):245-252. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.ecas2-1703.
Art of Medicine Apr 2015 Artwork by People with Autism D.J. Svoboda, Kevin Hosseini, Noah Schneider, Emily Casanova, PhD, and Kay Aitch Kevin Hosseini’s painting of his tutor’s dog, Bella. AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):362-368. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.imhl2-1504.
Case and Commentary Jun 2003 Diagnosis: Inadequate Cross-Cultural Communication Anne R. Su Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):205-207. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.ccas2-0306.
State of the Art and Science Jun 2003 Reducing the Effects of Low Health Literacy Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):222-224. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.cprl1-0306.
Medicine and Society Jun 2003 The ABCs of Empowered Communication: A Community-Based Intervention for Patients Derrel Zeno, Coreen Domingo, Anh Tran, Frank Martin, Kimberly O'Malley, Paul Haidet, Richard Street, and Carol Ashton Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):228-233. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.msoc1-0306.
Policy Forum Oct 2003 Psychotropic Medications and Criminal Defendants Robert M. Wettstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.pfor1-0310
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684.