Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139. Medical Education Jul 2016 Medical Education Capacity-Building Partnerships for Health Care Systems Development Tracy L. Rabin, MD, SM, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBChB, MMed, MSc, and Asghar Rastegar, MD Equity-focused education partnerships between institutions in resource-limited and resource-abundant countries can develop the health care workforce. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):710-717. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.medu2-1607. Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606. Podcast Dec 2019 Ethics Talk: How Do We Prepare for Human Gene Editing? Dr Sean C. McConnell provides an introduction to gene editing, and Scott J. Schweikart discusses what prudent governance requires. Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164. 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. 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 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. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
AMA Code Says Dec 2018 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to a Physician’s Power to Name Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE The Code offers guidance about delivering a diagnosis and promoting patients’ best interests when assigning names to patients’ conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(12):E1139-1142. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1139.
Medical Education Jul 2016 Medical Education Capacity-Building Partnerships for Health Care Systems Development Tracy L. Rabin, MD, SM, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBChB, MMed, MSc, and Asghar Rastegar, MD Equity-focused education partnerships between institutions in resource-limited and resource-abundant countries can develop the health care workforce. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):710-717. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.medu2-1607.
Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606.
Podcast Dec 2019 Ethics Talk: How Do We Prepare for Human Gene Editing? Dr Sean C. McConnell provides an introduction to gene editing, and Scott J. Schweikart discusses what prudent governance requires.
Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164.
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.
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 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.