Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. 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. Podcast Nov 2022 Ethics Talk Series on US Abortion Care After Dobbs, Episode 3/5: How Do We Teach Evidence-Based Standard of Care Now? Dr Jody Steinauer joins Ethics Talk to discuss possible responses to what the Dobbs decision demands of clinician-teachers. Policy Forum May 2003 The Virtue of Drawing Lines in Genetic Testing Rosemarie Tong, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):186-189. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.pfor1-0305. From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803. Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. Medicine and Society Oct 2012 Adolescents’ Right to Consent to Reproductive Medical Care: Balancing Respect for Families with Public Health Goals Margaret Moon, MD, MPH Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(10):805-808. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.10.msoc1-1210. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202. In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
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.
Podcast Nov 2022 Ethics Talk Series on US Abortion Care After Dobbs, Episode 3/5: How Do We Teach Evidence-Based Standard of Care Now? Dr Jody Steinauer joins Ethics Talk to discuss possible responses to what the Dobbs decision demands of clinician-teachers.
Policy Forum May 2003 The Virtue of Drawing Lines in Genetic Testing Rosemarie Tong, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):186-189. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.pfor1-0305.
From the Editor Mar 2018 Reproduction, Inequality, and Technology: The Face of Global Reproductive Health Ethics in the Twenty-First Century Ashish Premkumar, MD Introduction to the March 2018 issue on global reproductive health care ethics in the 21st century. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):224-227. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.fred1-1803.
Original Research Mar 2018 Structural Competency and Reproductive Health Margaret Mary Downey, MSW and Anu Manchikanti Gómez, MSc, PhD Structural competency helps physicians address reproductive health disparities through recognizing social determinants of health and social advocacy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):211-223. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
Medicine and Society Oct 2012 Adolescents’ Right to Consent to Reproductive Medical Care: Balancing Respect for Families with Public Health Goals Margaret Moon, MD, MPH Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(10):805-808. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.10.msoc1-1210.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202.
In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202.