Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606. State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604. 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. 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. Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781. 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. 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 »
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.
Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606.
State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604.
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.
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.
Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781.
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.