Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604. 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 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. 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. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. 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. Viewpoint Nov 2002 Weighing the Risks of Weight-Loss Aids Colleen Danz Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):345-346. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.dykn1-0211. 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. 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 »
In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604.
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 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.
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.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
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.
Viewpoint Nov 2002 Weighing the Risks of Weight-Loss Aids Colleen Danz Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(11):345-346. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.11.dykn1-0211.
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.