Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2022 What Should Count as Best Practices of Forensic Medical and Psychological Evaluations for Children Seeking Asylum? Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW and Minal Giri, MD Human rights asylum clinics are being established throughout the country to facilitate medical and psychological evaluations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E267-274. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.267. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456. Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465. Medicine and Society Jun 2021 What Does It Mean to Heal From Historical Trauma? Natalie Avalos, PhD Responding well means navigating ongoing grief, restoring self-community and human-ecological relationships, and generating cultural vibrancy. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E494-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.494. Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519. Personal Narrative Jul 2021 Depression’s Problem With Men Nathan Swetlitz While men are diagnosed with depression at half the rate of women, they die by suicide 3 to 4 times as frequently. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E586-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.586. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794. 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 »
Case and Commentary Apr 2022 What Should Count as Best Practices of Forensic Medical and Psychological Evaluations for Children Seeking Asylum? Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW and Minal Giri, MD Human rights asylum clinics are being established throughout the country to facilitate medical and psychological evaluations. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E267-274. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.267.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management Michael J. Oldani, PhD, MS and Deidre Prosen, MFA, MS Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E446-455. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.446.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate “Model Minority” Demands? Nellie Tran, PhD, Kevin Yabes, MS, and Arianne Miller, PhD The model minority myth has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456.
Case and Commentary Jun 2021 How Should Clinicians Respond to Children in Transgenerationally Traumatized Families? Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E465-470. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.465.
Medicine and Society Jun 2021 What Does It Mean to Heal From Historical Trauma? Natalie Avalos, PhD Responding well means navigating ongoing grief, restoring self-community and human-ecological relationships, and generating cultural vibrancy. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(6):E494-498. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.494.
Case and Commentary Jul 2021 A Womanist Approach to Caring for Patients With Empirically Unverifiable Symptoms Annette Madlock Gatison, PhD Hyperfocus on measurability can result in evidentiary overreliance and undervaluation of patients’ experience narratives. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E519-523. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.519.
Personal Narrative Jul 2021 Depression’s Problem With Men Nathan Swetlitz While men are diagnosed with depression at half the rate of women, they die by suicide 3 to 4 times as frequently. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E586-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.586.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How Should Surgeons Communicate About Palliative and Curative Intentions, Purposes, and Outcomes? Charles E. Binkley, MD Word usage and intentional clarity will influence how patients feel about that Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794.