Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582. 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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794. Medical Education Oct 2021 Teaching Palliative Care in Surgical Education Jessica H. Ballou, MD, MPH and Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH Calls to expand palliative care education have been explicit since the 1990s, but palliative care training in surgery remains too narrowly focused on end of life. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E800-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.800. Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823. Art of Medicine Jun 2020 How Portraiture Can Help Build Therapeutic Capacity in Patient-Clinician Relationships Mark Gilbert, PhD Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(6):E570-570. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.570. Medicine and Society May 2019 How Should Mechanical Circulatory Support Be Deactivated for Patients With Depression at the End of Life? Stephan R. Weinland, PhD, MS and James Levenson, MD End-stage heart failure patients can experience depression along with their chronic illness. Multidisciplinary responses are critical. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(5):E429-434. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.429. Art of Medicine Dec 2019 Sunset Antonio Yaghy, MD This image aims to promote reflection about patients’ feelings of sadness, despair, helplessness, and uncertainty upon being diagnosed. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(12):E1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1103. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Art of Medicine Jul 2021 Wayfinding Brent R. Carr, MD This charcoal gesture drawing, inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient, investigates a caregiver’s and patient’s journey from despair to hope. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(7):E582-583. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.582.
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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English 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. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E794-799. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.794.
Medical Education Oct 2021 Teaching Palliative Care in Surgical Education Jessica H. Ballou, MD, MPH and Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH Calls to expand palliative care education have been explicit since the 1990s, but palliative care training in surgery remains too narrowly focused on end of life. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E800-805. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.800.
Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823.
Art of Medicine Jun 2020 How Portraiture Can Help Build Therapeutic Capacity in Patient-Clinician Relationships Mark Gilbert, PhD Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(6):E570-570. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.570.
Medicine and Society May 2019 How Should Mechanical Circulatory Support Be Deactivated for Patients With Depression at the End of Life? Stephan R. Weinland, PhD, MS and James Levenson, MD End-stage heart failure patients can experience depression along with their chronic illness. Multidisciplinary responses are critical. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(5):E429-434. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.429.
Art of Medicine Dec 2019 Sunset Antonio Yaghy, MD This image aims to promote reflection about patients’ feelings of sadness, despair, helplessness, and uncertainty upon being diagnosed. Read in: English AMA J Ethics. 2019; 21(12):E1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1103.