Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345. Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813. Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601. Medicine and Society Jan 2016 Moving Past Individual and “Pure” Autonomy: The Rise of Family-Centered Patient Care Lee H. Igel, PhD and Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.msoc1-1601. Podcast Dec 2022 Author Interview: “Solidarity in Mortal Time” Dr Helen Stanton Chapple joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: "Solidarity in Mortal Time.” Art of Medicine Feb 2023 Illuminating Psychological Torment of Child Abuse Paul R. Abramson, PhD and Tania L. Abramson, MFA This article considers 3 works by artists who were directly or indirectly affected by this type of childhood abuse. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E153-158. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.153. In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should Pharmaceuticals Be Used as Weight Loss Interventions for Adolescents Classified as Obese by BMI? Astrid Floegel-Shetty, MA Weight loss is not a safe, effective, or permanent method of health promotion, and pharmacotherapeutical approaches pose specific risks to adolescents. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E478-495. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.478. Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345.
Art of Medicine Aug 2022 Appetites Are Not Ethically Neutral Michaela Chan An irony at play: a patient’s gift of a box of donuts is offered in thanks just as a physician recommends “more vegetables, less refined sugar.” AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E813-814. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.813.
Case and Commentary Jan 2016 Should Children be Asked to be Bone Marrow Donors for Siblings? Katrina Ann Williamson and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):18-23. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.ecas3-1601.
Medicine and Society Jan 2016 Moving Past Individual and “Pure” Autonomy: The Rise of Family-Centered Patient Care Lee H. Igel, PhD and Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD Since the 1970s, various factors have generated a shift in medical culture from the prioritization of individual autonomy to relational autonomy AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.msoc1-1601.
Podcast Dec 2022 Author Interview: “Solidarity in Mortal Time” Dr Helen Stanton Chapple joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: "Solidarity in Mortal Time.”
Art of Medicine Feb 2023 Illuminating Psychological Torment of Child Abuse Paul R. Abramson, PhD and Tania L. Abramson, MFA This article considers 3 works by artists who were directly or indirectly affected by this type of childhood abuse. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(2):E153-158. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.153.
In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Why We Need to Stop Labeling Behaviors Influencing a Person’s Weight Ideal or Healthy Madeline Ward, PhD Healthist views about body shape and weight are oppressive and lead to pernicious harms, especially to members of vulnerable groups. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E472-477. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.472.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should Pharmaceuticals Be Used as Weight Loss Interventions for Adolescents Classified as Obese by BMI? Astrid Floegel-Shetty, MA Weight loss is not a safe, effective, or permanent method of health promotion, and pharmacotherapeutical approaches pose specific risks to adolescents. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E478-495. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.478.
Case and Commentary Jul 2023 Should BMI Help Determine Gender-Affirming Surgery Candidacy? Elijah Castle, Laura Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE, Gaines Blasdel, Augustus Parker, Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD, and Lee C. Zhao, MD, MS Use of body mass index as a health care metric is controversial, especially in candidacy assessments for gender-affirming surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E496-506. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.496.