Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast May 2020 Ethics Talk: How to Share Decision Making With People Experiencing Mental Illness Dr Laura Guidry-Grimes helps us consider whether and which decisions can be shared with people experiencing mental illnesses. Medicine and Society Feb 2020 How Should Low- and Middle-Income Countries Motivate Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control? Justin M. List, MD, MAR, MSc and Jeremy M. O’Connor, MD, MHS Government and public-private coalitions have important roles in cancer surveillance in LMICs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E147-155. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.147. Case and Commentary Feb 2020 When Is a Suboptimal Approach to Cancer Screening Better Than None? Ramy Sedhom, MD and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E93-101. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.93. Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135. 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. Viewpoint Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603. 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. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Podcast May 2020 Ethics Talk: How to Share Decision Making With People Experiencing Mental Illness Dr Laura Guidry-Grimes helps us consider whether and which decisions can be shared with people experiencing mental illnesses.
Medicine and Society Feb 2020 How Should Low- and Middle-Income Countries Motivate Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control? Justin M. List, MD, MAR, MSc and Jeremy M. O’Connor, MD, MHS Government and public-private coalitions have important roles in cancer surveillance in LMICs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E147-155. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.147.
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 When Is a Suboptimal Approach to Cancer Screening Better Than None? Ramy Sedhom, MD and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E93-101. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.93.
Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135.
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.
Viewpoint Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603.
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.