Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Holding Curative and Palliative Intentions Antoinette Esce, MD and Susan McCammon, MD, MFA Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E766-771. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.766. Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503. 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. Case and Commentary Sep 2007 Pregnant Women and Cervical Cancer: Balancing Best Interest of Mother and Fetus Watson A. Bowes, Jr., MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(9):600-604. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.9.ccas1-0709. Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910. Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902. 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. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Holding Curative and Palliative Intentions Antoinette Esce, MD and Susan McCammon, MD, MFA Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E766-771. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.766.
Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503.
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.
Case and Commentary Sep 2007 Pregnant Women and Cervical Cancer: Balancing Best Interest of Mother and Fetus Watson A. Bowes, Jr., MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(9):600-604. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.9.ccas1-0709.
Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910.
Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902.
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.