Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Response to “What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes?” Petros Ioannou, MD, MSc, PhD Understanding the religious background of patients and their surrogates is essential to providing patient-centered care at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1051-1053. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr3-1710. Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should a Psychiatrist Prescribe a Nanodrug to Help Parents Monitor a Teen’s Adherence? Constance E. George, MD, MA Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.317. Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should Trackable Pill Technologies Be Used to Facilitate Adherence Among Patients Without Insight? Tahir Rahman, MD A form of aripiprazole places unique ethical and clinical demands on mental health professionals. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E332-336. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.332. Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480. Personal Narrative Jun 2019 One Resident’s Recommendations for Responding to Unjust Patient Bias Christian A. Pean, MD, MS and Dionne Hart, MD An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E530-535. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.530. History of Medicine Sep 2019 Volunteer Service From American Physicians During the Vietnam War Kelsey Walsh, MA The Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam Program (1966-1973) influenced both physicians-in-training and the environments in which they were immersed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E806-812. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.806. Art of Medicine Mar 2019 Enduring Oaths Anum Fasih, MD Hippocrates, a plague doctor, and today's physician practice in ancient, medieval, and contemporary times and places. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E300-302. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.300. Case and Commentary May 2020 When a Patient Regrets Having Undergone a Carefully and Jointly Considered Treatment Plan, How Should Her Physician Respond? Luke V. Selby, MD, MS, Christopher T. Aquina, MD, MPH, and Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, MTS Whether a patient’s decisional regret constitutes a failure of shared decision making can depend on how a decision was made. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E352-357. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.352. Case and Commentary May 2020 Sliding-Scale Shared Decision Making for Patients With Reduced Capacity Tim Lahey, MD, MMSc and Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc Shared decision making honors patient autonomy, particularly for preference-sensitive care decisions and even when patients have impaired decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E358-364. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.358. 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. 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 »
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Response to “What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes?” Petros Ioannou, MD, MSc, PhD Understanding the religious background of patients and their surrogates is essential to providing patient-centered care at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1051-1053. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr3-1710.
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should a Psychiatrist Prescribe a Nanodrug to Help Parents Monitor a Teen’s Adherence? Constance E. George, MD, MA Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E317-323. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.317.
Case and Commentary Apr 2019 Should Trackable Pill Technologies Be Used to Facilitate Adherence Among Patients Without Insight? Tahir Rahman, MD A form of aripiprazole places unique ethical and clinical demands on mental health professionals. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(4):E332-336. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.332.
Case and Commentary Jun 2019 How Should Clinicians and Trainees Respond to Each Other and to Patients Whose Views or Behaviors Are Offensive? Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA Affect labeling during painful bias incidents helps caregivers identify their duties to patients while enabling their own healing. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E480-484. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.480.
Personal Narrative Jun 2019 One Resident’s Recommendations for Responding to Unjust Patient Bias Christian A. Pean, MD, MS and Dionne Hart, MD An orthopedic surgery physician’s experiences suggest strategies for addressing patients’ discriminatory behaviors or speech. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E530-535. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.530.
History of Medicine Sep 2019 Volunteer Service From American Physicians During the Vietnam War Kelsey Walsh, MA The Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam Program (1966-1973) influenced both physicians-in-training and the environments in which they were immersed. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E806-812. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.806.
Art of Medicine Mar 2019 Enduring Oaths Anum Fasih, MD Hippocrates, a plague doctor, and today's physician practice in ancient, medieval, and contemporary times and places. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E300-302. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.300.
Case and Commentary May 2020 When a Patient Regrets Having Undergone a Carefully and Jointly Considered Treatment Plan, How Should Her Physician Respond? Luke V. Selby, MD, MS, Christopher T. Aquina, MD, MPH, and Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, MTS Whether a patient’s decisional regret constitutes a failure of shared decision making can depend on how a decision was made. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E352-357. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.352.
Case and Commentary May 2020 Sliding-Scale Shared Decision Making for Patients With Reduced Capacity Tim Lahey, MD, MMSc and Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc Shared decision making honors patient autonomy, particularly for preference-sensitive care decisions and even when patients have impaired decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E358-364. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.358.
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.