Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Jul 2021 How Pharmaceuticals Mask Health and Social Inequity Enrico G. Castillo, MD, MSHPM and Joel Tupper Braslow, MD, PhD Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible but can render individual and community suffering less visible. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E542-549. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.542. 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. 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. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E586-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.586. Art of Medicine Jun 2020 How Portraiture Can Help Build Therapeutic Capacity in Patient-Clinician Relationships Mark Gilbert, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E570-570. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.570. History of Medicine Nov 2018 Ads and Labels From Early 20th-Century Health Fraud Promotions Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS In the 1910s, the American Medical Association fought quackery promoted in pamphlets for drugs and treatments for everything from teething to epilepsy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(11):E1082-1093. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1082. Case and Commentary Mar 2019 Should Hospital Emergency Departments Be Used as Revenue Streams Despite Needs to Curb Overutilization? Alex Myers, Aaron Cain, Berkeley Franz, PhD, and Daniel Skinner, PhD Using emergency departments as revenue streams could violate ethical and legal standards about hospitals’ roles in communities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E207-214. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.207. Case and Commentary Mar 2019 What Should Be the Scope of a Health Network’s Obligation to Respond After a Hospital Closure? George M. Holmes, PhD and Sharita R. Thomas, MPP Since clinics are economic hubs in some communities, consequences of a clinic closing or moving are numerous. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.215. Policy Forum Jul 2016 Protecting Pharmaceutical Patents and Test Data: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Could Affect Access to Medicines in the US and Abroad Jing Luo, MD and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect low-income patients’ access to medicines in signatory countries by reducing generic competition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):727-735. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.pfor1-1607. 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. 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. 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 »
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 How Pharmaceuticals Mask Health and Social Inequity Enrico G. Castillo, MD, MSHPM and Joel Tupper Braslow, MD, PhD Pharmaceuticals make symptoms and biological drug targets more visible but can render individual and community suffering less visible. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E542-549. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.542.
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. 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. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E586-589. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.586.
Art of Medicine Jun 2020 How Portraiture Can Help Build Therapeutic Capacity in Patient-Clinician Relationships Mark Gilbert, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(6):E570-570. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.570.
History of Medicine Nov 2018 Ads and Labels From Early 20th-Century Health Fraud Promotions Amber Dushman, MA, MLIS In the 1910s, the American Medical Association fought quackery promoted in pamphlets for drugs and treatments for everything from teething to epilepsy. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(11):E1082-1093. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.1082.
Case and Commentary Mar 2019 Should Hospital Emergency Departments Be Used as Revenue Streams Despite Needs to Curb Overutilization? Alex Myers, Aaron Cain, Berkeley Franz, PhD, and Daniel Skinner, PhD Using emergency departments as revenue streams could violate ethical and legal standards about hospitals’ roles in communities. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E207-214. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.207.
Case and Commentary Mar 2019 What Should Be the Scope of a Health Network’s Obligation to Respond After a Hospital Closure? George M. Holmes, PhD and Sharita R. Thomas, MPP Since clinics are economic hubs in some communities, consequences of a clinic closing or moving are numerous. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(3):E215-222. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.215.
Policy Forum Jul 2016 Protecting Pharmaceutical Patents and Test Data: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Could Affect Access to Medicines in the US and Abroad Jing Luo, MD and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect low-income patients’ access to medicines in signatory countries by reducing generic competition. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(7):727-735. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.pfor1-1607.
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. 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. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1103.