Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. AMA Code Says Jul 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Unrepresented Patients Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed but not available to make health care decisions for a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E600-602. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.600. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Case and Commentary Dec 2007 Communicable Disease and Immigration Fears Sonal S. Munsiff, MD Physicians must balance competing ethical concerns when undocumented immigrants need health care for a communicable disease. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):799-805. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.ccas3-0712. State of the Art and Science Dec 2007 Diagnosing and Managing Pulmonary Tuberculosis David Pitrak, MD Steps in diagnosing mycobacterial pulmonary tuberculosis and its management. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):814-818. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.cprl1-0712. In the Literature Dec 2007 Convincing Physicians to Report Communicable Diseases Sarah Lusk In a study of New York physicians' compliance with reporting of communicable diseases, surveyed physicians responded better to legal warnings than to requests that explained public health benefits. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):811-813. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.jdsc1-0712. Case and Commentary Jan 2005 An HIV Diagnosis, Option Assessment Abraham P. Schwab, MA Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):48-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas9a-0501.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
AMA Code Says Jul 2019 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Unrepresented Patients Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB The AMA Code of Medical Ethics discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed but not available to make health care decisions for a patient. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E600-602. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.600.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Case and Commentary Dec 2007 Communicable Disease and Immigration Fears Sonal S. Munsiff, MD Physicians must balance competing ethical concerns when undocumented immigrants need health care for a communicable disease. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):799-805. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.ccas3-0712.
State of the Art and Science Dec 2007 Diagnosing and Managing Pulmonary Tuberculosis David Pitrak, MD Steps in diagnosing mycobacterial pulmonary tuberculosis and its management. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):814-818. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.cprl1-0712.
In the Literature Dec 2007 Convincing Physicians to Report Communicable Diseases Sarah Lusk In a study of New York physicians' compliance with reporting of communicable diseases, surveyed physicians responded better to legal warnings than to requests that explained public health benefits. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):811-813. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.jdsc1-0712.
Case and Commentary Jan 2005 An HIV Diagnosis, Option Assessment Abraham P. Schwab, MA Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):48-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas9a-0501.