Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should Clinicians’ Involvement in the Holocaust Inform Contemporary Responsibilities to Protect Public Safety? Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH Perils of physicians intentionally harming individuals in errant attempts to strengthen a community have been illuminated by the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E6-11. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.6. Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175. Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99. History of Medicine Jan 2022 Why Don’t Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Health Services? Jorie Braunold, MLIS This brief visual and narrative history explains why dentistry exists outside medicine, rather than as a specialty within it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E89-98. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.89. Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111. Case and Commentary Feb 2022 Should a Physician Ever Violate SWAT or TEMS Protocol in a Mass Casualty Incident? Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT and Faroukh Mehkri, DO Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E120-125. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.120. Policy Forum Feb 2022 How Should Tactical Clinicians Help Make Use of Force More Just? David Callaway, MD and Faroukh Mehkri, DO A public health approach to violence is required to help 21st-century policing evolve. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E133-139. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.133. Policy Forum Feb 2022 How Should Exposure Risk to Tactical Personnel Be Balanced Against Clinical and Ethical Rescue Demand? Mollie V. Williams, MD, MPH and Olaitan Ajisafe, MD, PharmD Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive device mass casualty incidents mean patients require prehospital and hospital care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E140-144. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.140. Medicine and Society Feb 2022 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care and the Art of Practicing Nonmaleficence in Harm’s Way Jeremy Ackerman, MD, PhD Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E150-153. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.150. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Case and Commentary Jan 2021 How Should Clinicians’ Involvement in the Holocaust Inform Contemporary Responsibilities to Protect Public Safety? Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH Perils of physicians intentionally harming individuals in errant attempts to strengthen a community have been illuminated by the Holocaust. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E6-11. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.6.
Medicine and Society Feb 2021 Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? David Goldberg, MD Standard treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes includes a pathway when “cost is a major issue.” Whether it’s just to do so remains unclear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E175-182. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.175.
Viewpoint Jan 2022 How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care Neel Shimpi, BDS, MM, PhD, Elizabeth Buchanan, PhD, and Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E99-105. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.99.
History of Medicine Jan 2022 Why Don’t Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Health Services? Jorie Braunold, MLIS This brief visual and narrative history explains why dentistry exists outside medicine, rather than as a specialty within it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E89-98. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.89.
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 Should a Physician Ever Violate SWAT or TEMS Protocol in a Mass Casualty Incident? Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT and Faroukh Mehkri, DO Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E120-125. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.120.
Policy Forum Feb 2022 How Should Tactical Clinicians Help Make Use of Force More Just? David Callaway, MD and Faroukh Mehkri, DO A public health approach to violence is required to help 21st-century policing evolve. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E133-139. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.133.
Policy Forum Feb 2022 How Should Exposure Risk to Tactical Personnel Be Balanced Against Clinical and Ethical Rescue Demand? Mollie V. Williams, MD, MPH and Olaitan Ajisafe, MD, PharmD Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive device mass casualty incidents mean patients require prehospital and hospital care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E140-144. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.140.
Medicine and Society Feb 2022 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care and the Art of Practicing Nonmaleficence in Harm’s Way Jeremy Ackerman, MD, PhD Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E150-153. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.150.