Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Mar 2020 How Should Organizations Respond to Repeated Noncompliance by Prominent Researchers? Min-Fu Tsan, MD, PhD and Grace L. Tsan, OD IRBs must report human subject research protocol deviations and university leadership might also need to motivate compliance with federal regulations. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E201-208. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.201. Policy Forum Mar 2020 What Should Health Care Organizations Do to Reduce Billing Fraud and Abuse? Katherine Drabiak, JD and Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E221-231. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.221. 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. Medicine and Society May 2016 Health Care Ethics Committees as Mediators of Social Values and the Culture of Medicine Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSB, DPS and Wayne Shelton, PhD Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):534-539. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.msoc1-1605. 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. Medical Education Jan 2016 Creating Value with the Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice: What Trainees Need to Know, Why, and Strategies for Medical Education Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD and Pamela K. Greenhouse, MBA Implementing the six-step Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice would improve experiences and outcomes while decreasing costs. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):33-39. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.medu2-1601. 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 Contraception Options Michaela Chan “Contraception Options” considers the general social and cultural expectation and norm that women’s bodies should be the sites of contraception. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E804-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.804. 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. 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 »
Case and Commentary Mar 2020 How Should Organizations Respond to Repeated Noncompliance by Prominent Researchers? Min-Fu Tsan, MD, PhD and Grace L. Tsan, OD IRBs must report human subject research protocol deviations and university leadership might also need to motivate compliance with federal regulations. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E201-208. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.201.
Policy Forum Mar 2020 What Should Health Care Organizations Do to Reduce Billing Fraud and Abuse? Katherine Drabiak, JD and Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E221-231. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.221.
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.
Medicine and Society May 2016 Health Care Ethics Committees as Mediators of Social Values and the Culture of Medicine Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSB, DPS and Wayne Shelton, PhD Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):534-539. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.msoc1-1605.
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.
Medical Education Jan 2016 Creating Value with the Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice: What Trainees Need to Know, Why, and Strategies for Medical Education Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD and Pamela K. Greenhouse, MBA Implementing the six-step Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice would improve experiences and outcomes while decreasing costs. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):33-39. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.medu2-1601.
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 Contraception Options Michaela Chan “Contraception Options” considers the general social and cultural expectation and norm that women’s bodies should be the sites of contraception. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E804-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.804.
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.