Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606. Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606. Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209. Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. Case and Commentary Apr 2020 How Should Trainees’ Influences on Postoperative Outcomes Be Disclosed? Rhashedah Ekeoduru, MD Two pediatric cases highlight risks of prolonging anesthetic exposure for training purposes and prompt questions about influences of surgical training on outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E267-275. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.267. Art of Medicine Jul 2020 Game-Based Medicine Abey Kozhimannil Thomas, MD This humorous take on experts’ disagreement about the care of a patient suggests how not to proceed. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(7):E636-638. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.636. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602. Case and Commentary Feb 2022 ¿Debería un médico alguna vez violar los protocolos SWAT o TEMS durante un incidente con múltiples víctimas? Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT and Faroukh Mehkri, DO AMA J Ethics. 2022;E120-125. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.120. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603. 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 »
Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606.
Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606.
Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
Case and Commentary Apr 2020 How Should Trainees’ Influences on Postoperative Outcomes Be Disclosed? Rhashedah Ekeoduru, MD Two pediatric cases highlight risks of prolonging anesthetic exposure for training purposes and prompt questions about influences of surgical training on outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(4):E267-275. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.267.
Art of Medicine Jul 2020 Game-Based Medicine Abey Kozhimannil Thomas, MD This humorous take on experts’ disagreement about the care of a patient suggests how not to proceed. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(7):E636-638. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.636.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602.
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 ¿Debería un médico alguna vez violar los protocolos SWAT o TEMS durante un incidente con múltiples víctimas? Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT and Faroukh Mehkri, DO AMA J Ethics. 2022;E120-125. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.120.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603.